Bloggerheads, Guido And Permission

POLDRAW writes of a row on Tim Ireland’s Bloggerheads, between himself and the Conservative blogger Guido Fawkes, “over the latter’s repeated theft of artists material alleged tendency to use material without permission.”

The latest run-in comes after Matt ‘Hack’ Buck, followed by Beau Bo D’or, revealed that Guido had been using cartoons they produced for Channel 4 online, on his site. Guido seems adamant that he has some sort of permission from Channel 4, although no concrete proof has been shown to prove that.

As Poldraw notes: “If Guido doesn’t have permission he should be forced to pay a fee.
If he does, Channel 4 must pay the cartoonists and apologise profusely - provided of course there’s not a contract stating that they own the full rights. Tim Ireland is currently trying to contact Channel 4.”

Anorak has worked with Beau Bo D’Or and know him to be professional and excellent. Hack and Poldraw allow Anorak to use their pictures because we asked before using them. We have also worked with Tim, and paid him an agreed fee for his services.

We have no wish to comment on the matter, but should say that with email and communication so simple, why don’t people just ask?

Anorak

Posted: 3rd, February 2008 | In: Anorak Says Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink