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About that Athlon cover...

Just got an e-mail from Rapaport saying that Athlon caught the Jones/Rogers error that we had a good laugh over in the fanshots before it actually went to print, so we won't be seeing this particular cover on news stands anytime soon.


But we're totally leaving it here because it's funny.

Honestly, though, I can see how it's easy to make this kind of mistake. In last year's Yea Alabama, a similar error unfortunately led to a picture of a very large, very white Nick Walker getting included. Getty Images had the picture labeled wrong (they also had about 10 pictures of an LSU player labeled as Nikita Stover, so thank God he didn't make it in), a layout editor in Boston that doesn't know Nick Walker from Nick Saban needed another picture for the article and grabbed it, and we were so close to the print deadline that there wasn't time for one of us to approve the finished article. It happens, and thankfully this time it was caught. Still, when things like this do happen, it makes me very grateful for all the instantaneous aspects of blogging.

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Let me warn you asap—Getty Images is not only completely reckless about the identity of their images, they also engage in an extorion campaign for anyone who posts, even for a mili-second, one of their images. They distort the copyright laws and demand payment for use of images that they can’t even prove they own. This is a perfect example of their “work.” All media outlets need to band together and boycott this irresponsible, greedy company. Take your own pics! It’s much simpler and then NEVER sell them anything. google them and include the word “extortion,” and you will find some interesting reading. then, if you are good friends with Troy King, our AG, see if you can’y get him to do something to help alabama citizens from this kind of predatory bs.

marycontrary

by adeleswims on May 4, 2009 11:12 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

interesting

i read about this on reddit.com from an artist who posted their about her issues with them.

according to her, getty images not only stole her copywrited photograph and tried to say they owned the rights to it, but they contacted her through her blog where the image originally appeared, and sent her a letter demanding payment from her for her unlawful use of her own artistic material that she owned the copywrite on….

i will be sure to google bomb “getty images extortion” and “getty images thieves”…

welcome to the SEC kiffykins...

by tempebamafan on May 4, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you still have any info about that artist?

I’m trying to get our state AG to do something. Thank you!

marycontrary

by adeleswims on May 4, 2009 10:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i tried searching and cant get anything.

i will keep looking though .

welcome to the SEC kiffykins...

by tempebamafan on May 5, 2009 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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