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Re: victory in the German courts!
dbain 2014-Jul-16 20:16:00
As I understand it the financial settlement was limited to German
panographers.
Strictly speaking, the legal precedent also applies only in the German legal
system. But it will be a valuable thing to be able to cite if similar
incidents occur elsewhere.
I wish there was some way I could publicly "out" the arrogant academics behind
the Globorama.
'Mark Fink' #removed# [wwp] wrote:
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> I'll add my thanks for all the years of legal wrangling that it took to get
> this great victory. Is there any effect for the other photographers whose
> work was used? I see that Jook Leung, Bill E Ward, Martin Sammtleben and
> others had panos used in the installation.
> Mark
>> --------------------------------------- *From:* #removed#
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>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:36 PM
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>> *To:* #removed#
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>> *Subject:* Re: victory in the German courts!
>>
>> here the installation of the Globorama video taken by me in May 2008
>> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4dh1i4qYRs:
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4dh1i4qYRs>]
>> Willy Kaemena
>> On Jul 16, 2014, at 21:29, Caroling Geary [#removed#:
>> <mailto:#removed#>] [wwp] <[#removed#:
>> <mailto:#removed#>]> wrote:
>> Wow. I am so pleased. I congratulate and thank all that pursued this
>> action. I'm so happy to hear this news. It certainly sends a message
>> about the WWP and establishes rules of conduct, so it is valuable for us
>> all. It would be nice to have a page on WWP telling this story, so it is
>> not forgotten.
>>
>> --
>> Caroling - [http://wholeo.net: <http://wholeo.net/>]
>> A month ago Reinhard Schmolze wrote to inform me of the final
>> decision in the lawsuit stemming from the copyright infringement by
>> the ZKM (Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie) back in 2007.
>>
>> After a favorable ruling the ZKM appealed, but the appeal was
>> denied, so now it is final. Many thanks to Reinhard Schmolze,
>> Carsten Rees, Professor Clemens Pustejowsky, and the others who
>> fought this through, a project of many years!
>>
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