Update: Sabq has removed the photograph without adding any statements regarding the issue. They also censored all comments about the stolen photograph. From now on I will call Sabq (سبق) “Sarq” (سرق) as in “theft”.
In a news post ironically about theft, Sabq has included an image taken from Yousef Raffah without his permission.
Yousef Raffah is a photographer living in Jeddah and this is not the first time his photos were stolen. This is the original photograph:
Sabq is an electronic newspaper in Arabic. They should respect intellectual properties and credit the photographer instead of stealing it like that.
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I totally agree with you..I used to be a fan of Sabq , however, they start to publish many news in the way they want and they do not give respect to other peoples’ opinion…I many times wrote reviews and comments but they did not published them ,,, so, it is not strange to find some thing belong to you is used by them… Thanks god they do not exist anymore now….
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Khaled A. Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Now they got blocked in Saudi Arabia for spreading rumors about H1N1 causing school vacation to extend until after Hajj.
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