Well JM didn't claim that picture was his, just the snake in it as it is the one he purchased from the owner of the pic. So I really doubt Bob Clark would try to start anything over it as like I said, the person using the photo purchased the snake and isn't using the photo for any kind of profit.
Also I read a whole thing about someone who used the "I'm my own pillow" comic snake drawing but was claiming it was theirs because they changed the pattern and head on the snake when clearly you could still see the basic drawing of the original. It was just traced and then a couple little things changed.
Regardless the original owner was disappointed that credit wasn't given to her but as far as being able to sue for use of it, I guess it couldn't be done. I don't know the whole thing as I didn't really pay attention but their issue was different as this person claimed the drawing was hers even though only the pattern and a small feature on the head was changed. In the case here, like I said, JM is not claiming the pic as his and I really don't think Bob Clark cares about the pic considering the snake was sold to said person using the pic for illustrative purposes only.
It would be the same as if I took a pic of a cage and put it up for sale and then someone bought the cage and then used my pic to show what the cage looked like on a forum. I personally wouldn't care as the pic is not some piece of art that is going to make millions of dollars, its a pic I took so people could see what I was selling lol.
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