The story of photographic collage artist Richard G. Ramsdell reminds me of this (perhaps once very Internet famous) Internet koan from futurist and science-fiction author Cory Doctorow (of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Creative Commons fame) that goes something like,

"The biggest threat to authors today (in the early 2000's) is not theft of work, but of falling into obscurity."

More details on Richard G. Ramsdell and the "Cooper Family Photo/Falling Body Creepy Pasta" Internet creepy photo meme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V44Ha1eZF8

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