http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could...
And a horrifying future it is too. So lets see, the guy admists in the talk that they basically STOLE all the images off of flicker to create their Notre Dame...
thank you for the post. I think everybody in this group either owns a gigapan, or has played/worked with a gigapan by now. joergen luminous-newyork.com...
Hi everyone I'm new here. I have seen that demo quite a while ago. Although they did steel those images I think they needed the diverse photos to develop the...
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When something is taken and used commercially without the permission of the creator/owner that is Theft. Lets not kid ourselves about that, just because...
... I guess words and definitions no longer matter then. So we're free to call slander "theft" because it suits us? What about vandalism? What about...
In reply; Rob is right! I certainly dont´think that is any future for panoramic photography. What will they think of next? Smellies? The coke presentation is...
It is true that any intellectual property such as a photograpghic image, receives copyright protection as soon as it is created even is such propetery is not...
... Not quite, here's a direct quote from the US Copyright Office: "Uploading or downloading works protected by copyright without the authority of the...
The law may be different outside of the USA. For example, for at least the last 50 years, here in the UK, it had been "common knowledge" that, provided you had...
if you are lucky to create a image that is picked for a futuristic purpose count your blessing and tell everyone your image made it a success, it is about...
I watched this and had to critically note that Microsoft was too cheap to actually hire a photographer to get them some shots for their demo. Instead they...
Aren't people missing something about this innovation? The resolution is outstanding...zoom in on a tiny part of the wall-size mosiac and come up with amazing...
... Would you care to back that "strictly commercial" assertion up? I only had time for a quick look at http://photosynth.net but I don't see any mention of...
Commercial usage is usage by a business entity to advertise a product. It does not matter that the product is free at this point in development it is the fact...
... promote IE ... The answer is no, but not for the reasons you gave. IE *is* a part of Windows. It comes with the Windows DVD (or installed as part of the...
... There are many free examples out there, like Firefox, Internet Explorer, just to name two that I could think of in the matter of seconds I gave myself. But...
... seam carving or content aware scaling is part of photoshop cs4, so you can start playing with it sometime this winter. I am somewhat happy that it's one of...
Please. enough with the legal bullshit ! let's get back to improving our work in panoramic photography . I have no time for people who put their work out on...
No Brian, legalities are one thing I take very seriously, but is this group the place for it ? What I am saying is that the correspondents on the site are...
... What better of a place to inform uninformed photographers? Should the conversation end aroudn this point, yes, but the way it was done was a little...
... steamed up about having their work ripped off ... Actually, they're getting steamed up at the thought their work ***might*** get ripped off, and this...
So obviously there is a real concern about PhotoSynth and Microsoft's repurposing of images. So let me clarify a few points... first, I'm a photographer and a...