Copyright infringement! [View all]

OMG. I just received a notice from Fine Art America--where I keep a gallery of photos for sale--but haven't added one in some time--that one of my photos had been removed because of copyright infringement!
What a joke. The photo was taken from the side of a public road in France of a well known winery --which shall remain nameless-- but which I identified in the description of the photo. A law firm in Kentucky was handling the complaint, which originated out of Sri Lanka! WTF? I looked up the law firm on line and it does exist.
I wrote the law firm back and basically told them it was pathetic that they were chasing down tourist amateur photographers for identifying a photo of a winery taken from a public road. Ah, well. Billable hours.
Undoubtedly, Mitch would be proud of them.
Anyway, I thought I would share the story. There are greedy, f'ing capitalists everywhere, worried they might lose a few bucks. Good grief.