A couple points about Copyright Law and Copyright violations.

A couple points about Copyright Law and Copyright violations.

 

 If someone were to copy a Steven Spielberg movie (for example), the repercussions would be severe. Whoever did this, if they ever even got as far as to have a finished product, would be attacked by armies of lawyers, ridiculed by the press, and maligned by the public for what would amount to a shameful act of theft and appropriation. 

  Now the rules governing photography, another section of the visual arts, are about the same. You can’t just run around appropriating someone’s compositions, the feel of their images, or the text on their website. Why is why the following image is so shameful, and a real indication of the dreadful direction our society has taken:

 

 Now what is wrong with this picture? Apart from the blatant, disrespectful, shameful theft going on, the other thing that’s wrong is:

1 These losers/scum aren’t being attacked by armies of lawyers.

2. These losers/scum aren’t being ridiculed by the press.

3. These losers/scum aren’t being maligned by the public for what amounts to a shameful act of theft and appropriation.

 Now don’t get us wrong. We don’t expect Miles Morgan or the other three stooges in this photo to feel any shame or remorse for what they are doing here. They are remorseless, immoral THUGS who lack empathy and feel no compunction at committing crimes like this. In fact, most of these bozos run all around the West committing the crime of copyright violation, every day. There are hundreds of these losers on Flickr and elsewhere. 

 The secret here is that images don’t protect themselves, and copyright doesn’t enforce itself. If Steven Spielberg didn’t sue a thief who stole his movie, nothing would probably get done. An IP/creative arts professional needs to be proactive about protecting his work. Copyright that isn’t enforced is copyright that is essentially given up. 
 
 There is nothing noble or good about what these pathetic imbeciles do. It’s financial terrorism. It’s completely inartistic, lacking in shame, and devoid of respect for another person’s ideas and property. It destroys the photography industry, destroys jobs, and fills the pockets of Chinese and Japanese camera companies at the expense of a native industry. Miles Morgan and his other bozo friends would serve us best by throwing themselves off a cliff (Rowena, for example) and ridding us of their malignant, damaging presence. Or, at least, spending a nickel in the federal pen as an example to the rest of their stupid buddies. 
 In the future, when people awaken to the terrible injustice carried out by these THUGS, the time when LOSERS were allowed to scurry around, Xeroxing/stealing professionals’ images, will be remembered as a most shameful time in our history. A time when economic growth was destroyed and peoples’ careers were destroyed so LOSERS could feel good about themselves on Flickr.

A response desired from Marc Adamus, regarding copyright violation.

A response desired from Marc Adamus.

 

 The $30,000,000 question: Why does Marc Adamus allow the blatant, overwhelming copyright violations that happen with his images? Why does he allow the blatant theft of his work and his “vision”, if we were to call it that? Apart from the boastfulness and general unpleasantness of Marc’s character, it must be said that his images were quite unique when they first appeared. But that’s not enough. An artist’s work can’t rely on what status it enjoyed when it first came out. There are envious, fame-lusting thieves out there. Art needs to be protected from theft. Theft like the type displayed in this picture:

 

 
 As we have said yesterday, how can Marc Adamus images be “immediately recognizable” when this is happening? Does Marc Adamus have anything to say about this sort of thing? We’re waiting for a reasonable explanation! 

 Can Marc provide a reason for why he allows these imbeciles to simply run up and completely Xerox his compositions? It’s actually quite simple to prevent thugs from stealing images, which is why it’s perplexing that Marc Adamus hasn’t already done so. Until he explains himself and takes measures to protect his work from theft, Marc Adamus essentially condones widespread, massive copyright violation, and what amount to acts of financial terrorism against professional photographers.

Marc Adamus LIE #1: 7 exposures in 30 seconds (or less)

Marc Adamus LIE #1: 7 exposures in 30 seconds

 On photo.net, referring to his image “Mountain Mountain”, taken in Zion National Park (right off the road, too), Marc made the following statement:

This is a blend of seven exposures taken as quickly as possible…..

…..All this in 30 seconds or less so there was tack sharp detail throughout and so it looked the way I envisioned it.

 Let’s start with this important bit of info that immediately made the 30 second claim a preposterous lie:

I combined two successive 6 second exposures to get the streak all the way across the foreground.

 So we have one 6 second exposure, plus a 6 second noise reduction (dark frame) exposure, equaling 12 seconds for one exposure. Both exposure total 24 seconds just for the 2 frames. So Marc is implying that in 6 seconds or less, he was able to fire off the following:

-2 different exposures at F9 for depth of field

-2 exposures for highlight control

-1 exposure at F2.8 and ISO 800 to reduce wind motion in the trees

 Of course, the time quoted by Marc (30 seconds OR LESS) is absolutely preposterous, unless Marc can somehow move at approximately the speed of sound (or light).  Taking all these exposures and changing the settings in between would likely require at least two minutes, and probably closer to between two and three minutes. 

 We understand WHY Marc made up this lie. The idea is that if you shoot off a whole bunch of exposures in a couple seconds and then combine them in Photoshop (will he also claim that this was done in 30 seconds or less?), it’s somehow not a fraudulent construct because it was all done really quickly, and therefore essentially just a single image. We’ll let you try to wrap your mind around that sort of reasoning for a moment.

By the way, the “image” itself and all the manipulation that went into creating it is critiqued here.

A response to some current and likely Marc Adamus claims regarding the new Marc Adamus LIES 2.0

 

A short response to some Marc Adamus claims:

Naturally, Marc Adamus is currently scrambling his response to Marc Adamus LIES 2.0. While his first reaction was no doubt putting on a brave face and acting like Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 is irrelevant, in the background, a liar’s wheels are desperately turning as he rushes to respond intelligibly to the latest threat to “stardom”. We are posting this to address some of his current claims & likely future claims:

The outcome is inevitable/this matter is settled

This one really speaks to Marc's hubris. He thinks that Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 will be quickly silenced and he'll be back to business as usual in no time. Of course, he is sorely mistaken.

I am worred/concerned/I fear for my life/this is scary!

These statements are cowardly lies that speak to Marc's fear-mongering machinations/inventions. Of course, Marc does not fear for his life. Marc Adamus LIES 1.0 never made any threats against Marc, and Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 continues this tradition with a guarantee: we do not advocate violence of any sort toward Marc Adamus or his loser entourage. Our mode of action is purely journalistic. Marc's “friends”, however, will seize the opportunity to make all sort of threats against Marc Adamus LIES 2.0. They did it last time, and they'll do it again this time. If anyone should be fearing for their lives, it’s us, the operators of Marc Adamus LIES 2.0.

These people are stalking me!

This claim is preposterous. Because Marc Adamus has placed his “images” in multiple online locations and insistently sought “critiques” (placed in quotes because he’s really only looking for positive critiques), Marc has removed any expectation of privacy. In fact, he desires that people dig up all the juicy tidbits and spread it far and wide. The fact that his voluminous bs is now used in criticisms of him doesn’t make it stalking. We are not sitting outside his window and spying on him; we are simply accessing publicly available information that he made available to further his fraudulent goals.

We are pleased to announce a new Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 article:

 The original Marc Adamus LIES 1.0 blog is available at MarcAdamusLIES.blogspot.com .There will be no new content on that blog, as the original operators declined to transfer it to us. All new content will be on this blog.