Pictures that lie

I chose this picture of a shark attacking an Air Force helicopter because I have seen this picture numerous times and I think it is an entertaining image, even though it is fake. This picture was put into circulation on the internet in 2001 after someone combined pictures of a shark emerging out of the water and a low flying helicopter. It seems like the creator of this image simply pasted the picture of the shark onto the picture of the helicopter. I’m guessing this picture was manipulated because someone thought it would be funny to have a semi-realistic looking image of a leaping shark attacking a helicopter. In my opinion, the manipulation of this image is in no way harmful. I don’t think the person who created this image was trying to make money off of other people’s work even though the creation of this picture may fall under copyright infringement. He or she was probably just trying to make an entertaining picture to circulate on the internet.