No, it's ours (1) because a company violating copyrights for pictures may as well violate them for source code or something else.
(1): unless you have never created anything. Then it is not your problem.
(1): unless you have never created anything. Then it is not your problem.
Now, should we care about this mans "plight?" Not if we have any sense - it's about money...we would have to be naive as an ignoramus to think hes actually hurt about his black tape picture.
And most of us..at least when polled..believe that copyright is defunct. So naturally, most people are happy when their creations gain visibility. They have to flip the switch on their brain to feign angst and victimhood so they can lawsuit up and get that money. We all would. But lets not kid ourselves if its about anything but the money. Because most of us are pretty copyleft, especially about things we created and thought no one would ever appreciate.
It is not "fake caring, because money." I had that happen to me. It is not fun. It is not milking the cash cow. If you no not value the intellectual property you create, or if you have some specific ideological reasons, put your work in the public domain or GPL it or any other source of copyleft.
If you do that, respect the rights to get offended of those who use their copyrights to make money
"Given the prominent copyright notice printed in the footer on each page, I assert my moral right to copyright over this image."
Ignoring the difficulties I have with people shrugging this off as "meh", why would people comment that way without even reading the article in the first place?
But I give up. You do not want to understand.