Swiss photograph blamed The National Bank of Kazakhstan because of author right

Swiss photographer Marcel Burkard blamed The National Bank of Kazakhstan because of plagiarism of his photo, which used in the design of the new Kazakhstan banknote with a face value of 500 tenge.  Marcel Burkard surprised that the National Bank denies copyright infringement, and he intends to protect it in the manner prescribed by law.

‘What an honor! Yesterday, I received a message that the National Bank of Kazakhstan issued a new banknote with seagulls on it, which caused a scandal at the state level. As you can see, the Wikipedia image was used on the new banknote, and the original photo on Wikipedia belongs to me and is protected by copyright . The designer who made  this work for the National Bank stole the image, he put in a minimum of effort, then a hundred percent coincidence, while the National Bank denied that the image was stolen, and I must protect my rights', he wrote on his Facebook pages.

Recall, on November 22, 2017, the National Bank of Kazakhstan issued a new 500 tenge banknote. When users of network noticed the similarity of seagull on a banknote with a seagull from Wikipedia, the National Bank denied the theft of the image.  The National Bank said that designers of the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Banknote Factory worked almost two year to do design of new banknote. The obvious similarity was explained that all seagulls are similar to each other.

“The Qazaq Times”