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Here Comes Another Bubble v1.1
The Richter Scales have posted version 1.1 of “Here Comes Another Bubble” after Lane Hartwell filed a DCMA take down request with YouTube because a picture she’d taken at a party and posted online was used in the video.
Hartwell posted a statement on her blog. The Richter Scales posted their own. Scoble said:
“I think it really is lame to take pictures of people (who don’t get a cut of the profits) at parties, without being commissioned, and then send in invoices for that work when it gets used in a parody video.”
Yeah, there’s that. Hartwell won the battle and got her 15 minutes of fame to boot. I’m sure the next time someone in Silicon Valley needs a picture, Lane Hartwell will be the first one they call.
Posted by windley on December 19, 2007 9:02 AM
Comment from Scott Lawton (Blogcosm) at December 19, 2007 11:17 AM
Hmm; I can't tell whether you're being serious or ironic! She won the takedown battle, but I think sending an invoice means she loses the war. I actually agree with Hartwell that the initial use of the photo may not have been "fair use" -- but now she just comes across as petty and/or greedy. I suspect it turns away far more business than it gains, and in fact casts her entire profession in a bad light: http://blog.blogcosm.com/2007/12/19/lane-hartwell-single-handedly-hastens-demise-her-profession/
Comment from alan herrell at December 24, 2007 3:34 PM
She Lost the War.
http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2007/12/24/fair-use-the-horse-it-rode-in-on-and-the-jackasses-it-created/
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