And yet another copyright infringement case
Posted by on January 29, 2009
And probably this is the most disheartening among them all. This time its BYAHILO vs a Local Government website.
If the goverment itself is violating the intellectual property rights of a person how can it (government) protect and uphold the rights of every citizen?
I just discovered it today that the Iloilo Provincial website has used one of my Dinagyang photographs as its main banner. It was pity though that the provincial government, the supposedly protector of the masses, simply copied my image, watermark removed and used it in their website without even asking for my permission.
What they did is stealing. The photo is mine! I took this photo, therefore the copyright of this image belongs to me. As far as i know, I have not issued any permit to any person or entity to use this image for whatever purpose.
Its a pity that I have to shell out my own money to buy my airline tickets, for my meals, and transportation expenses yet people like from the Provincial Government of Iloilo is just copying images from the internet.
Aren’t they aware of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines? they should have known better, because they ARE the government. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
How can I campaign more about Dinagyang and Iloilo in general if the people inside the Provincial capitol are just busy copying my works without even asking for permission.
I condemn this photo stealing incident in the strongest possible terms and I demand a public apology from the Iloilo Provincial Goverment for this incident.
Check the screenshot of the website of the Iloilo Province and compare it to my photo:
My Photo
hahahaha! they’re toooo lazy to take their own pictures.
And a badly cropped version at that. I hope they do something about it. It’s appalling how uninformed these people are, thinking that just because it’s on the internet, content is free for all.
I thought the best tourism event was the Sinulog?
Oh I know someone who worked from there … ano ba naman yan …
vanjohnn..its dinagyang..dream on
Okay, I think the people in charge of that gov website is currently looking into this matter … so hopefully they would settle it with Byahilo
Very disheartening! They should even be thankful for you for promoting Dinagyang.
Umm. The photoshopper prolly learned to photoshop on his own.
aw! talagang hindi yata sila seryoso sa mga batas. tsk tsk..
Sue them. Heheh. Teaches big companies not to bully. Wehehe!
oh man that sucks big time!
kay man kanami kanimo sg imo mga
pictures.. keep it up!
sana may naka lagay na “this picture was stolen from eric” hehe…
kuya member po me ng Lumad Basakanon yong instrumentalist po na kinonan mo ng pix nong sinulog, diba nakilala ka namin noon…
ammmmm pwede po bang e grab namin yong pix mo na nasa flickr yong pix lang po namin, 2 pix lang ata yon… ty po kuya and more power!
bakit naman naging ganyan mga taga iloilo provincial capitol? nakakahiya sila! ilonggo pa naman ako
byahilo.
magrecord ka din ng audio statement parang ginawa ni gary granada aahahahahahha
sadly, you cannot sue the state. (sabi yan sa constitution)
if you can sue the state, it doesnt mean that they are liable.
gack! kaasar talaga! bakit ganito nangyayari sa earth. grrrrrrrrrr
what an outrage! they should have paid you for using those photos!
Nakakainis nga yan sa kumuha ng pictures, ndi sila makapag produce ng sarili nilang pics para sa web site nila… hoy! mahiya naman kayo ang kakapal ng mukha ninyo!