![]() ![]() ![]() Basically you can not have the Grinch here or there, you can not have him anywhere. You can read the letter she received on PetaPixel. Seuss Enterprises and they weren’t playing around. Very soon after those photos went viral the photographer received a cease and desist letter from a lawyer on behalf of Dr. Seuss is notorious (like Disney) for being very proactive about protecting the copyright of their intellectual properties and some were curious if having a Grinch themed shoot violated on their copyrights. In the comment section of my Facebook post, quite a few photographers brought up the question of the legalities of using the likeness of The Grinch, who is the intellectual property of Dr. It ended up on a lot of mainstream websites like People and PopSugar and was even featured on the Today Show. Here’s just a few of the images I was sent within a matter of a day: A selection of images that various photographers stole of Grinch themed photo sessions.Īround the same time that I made a post about the Grinch photos being stolen, one of the sets that kept being stolen went viral for the original photographer. #Grinch photo session updateClick here to go to the latest update (11/25) Since I didn’t have time to post every single one of the idiot photographers stealing the images, I made a Facebook post about it (uh, there may be language) and called it a day… or so I thought. Some gave credit, most didn’t, fewer still mentioned that the images weren’t their own original works.Īt the time I was buried in weddings and editing as the end of September through the end of October is typically my busiest time of the year here in Ohio. At the end of September, I was sent easily a dozen or more photographers who had stolen images of Grinch themed sessions done by other photographers. ![]()
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