Mark Stothard - needs warning?

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Anyone seen this piece in AP?

PHOTOGRAPHER IN COPYRIGHT SCANDAL STRIKES AGAIN (UPDATE) - PAGE ONE: PHOTOGRAPHERS EXPRESS SHOCK AT BLATANT RIGHTS GRAB


A British photographer exposed for using copyrighted images without permission is up to his old tricks three years on, reports Simon Barber. (Additional reporting by AP's Chris Cheesman)


A professional photographer who in 2009 was accused of passing off other photographers' work as his own - and was investigated by police for alleged fraud - is once again the subject of serious allegations.

On his website Mark Stothard, who is thought to live in Somerset, describes himself as a 'committed, professional, commercial, press and sports photographer with years of experience'.

However, others who knew him in a previous incarnation, as Mark the Photographer described him as a 'conman' and a 'fake'.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.u...scandal_strikes_again_update_news_311436.html
 
That's fair enough. He's got popups on the photos saying "learn to make photo's, not take photo's". ;)
 
I wonder if he's a member here :lol:
 
I like this quote
'If a photographer takes a picture of a cow in a field it doesn't mean that the only person who can use that picture is the original photographer does it?, he added.
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Er, if the Photographer doesn't give permission for anyone to use it, then yes, that's exactly what it means. :cuckoo: :bonk:

Unless this chap is penalised for doing this in some way, then he will continue to do it. :shake:
 
Statements like that make me wonder if he is really doing it out of badness or if he actually doesn't understand copyright.

Of course stupidity is no defense.
 
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