The Inquirer reports that an author of original graphics images, Ryan Bliss, has complained that a video on a RIAA web site has used his work without permission:
The video, Beautiful Goodbye, by Jennifer Hanson, which can be found on the Capitol Records site, has, it is alleged, made use of author Ryan Bliss' artwork without acknowledgement as a background to the video. |
Ryan Bliss says on his forum: "My work has been on the web for six years now (seven if you count the images I posted on AOL back in 1996). As far as people using my work without my permission, I thought I had seen it all. I guess I was wrong. Case in point: someone tipped me off that my "Tropic of Capricorn" image was being used in a country music video. I couldn't believe it until I saw it for myself.
The RIAA doesn't seem to understand technology that well. Their website is being hacked over and over and now they're stealing images from other people (because they can't make their own?).
Source: The Inquirer
