[LRflex] Re: Orphan Works...
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 10:58:13 -0700
At 03/05/2008, you wrote:
On Sat, 03 May 2008 09:23:25 -0700
David Young wrote:
>, the copyright notice used by Philippe" "Copyright
>Philiumix" offers no legal protection at all. Sorry,
>Philippe, but with no name and no contact, you might as
>well not bother.
>
Well, in earnest, I don't - I shoot to share my pleasure - I would
of course be sorry if someone made money out of them, but then am I
going to check the net for thieves, and more to the point, are my
snappies worth all the trouble of legal protection? I seriously
doubt it for own myself.
Yours and Doug's are another caliber, and deserve credits, and payment.
I recently gave some shots to the tourist office of a town in the
South, the first thing they did was to crop my name out (4/3 down to
3/2 , clever) - made me laugh.
I'll sure take your advice into account , even if I don't intend to
sell anything.
Thanks for the tips.
Hi Philippe:
My apologies if it sounded as if I was singling you out as a "bad
example"... that was not my intention.
My note was intended for all who create photos of commercial grade
and who wish to protect them for possible future use, even if they
have no intentions of selling them, now.
I realize that, at this stage, you have no financial interest in your
photos... but that may change, as many of yours are of very high
quality and quite sellable... your 04-heron-gotcha2
is just one example. So you, and many like you, may wish to protect
such assets for the future. If so, knowing the coming changes to
copyright legislation, is worthwhile.
I too, give many of my photos away, to the town, the forest service
and the local tourism agencies, amongst others. However, I also give
them a sheet which says that the copyright remains with me, but that
I grant them unlimited, non-exclusive license to use the photos,
without fee, provided that they supply a small photo credit with each
use. This credit is in the form of
"Photo: (c) D. Young - www.furnfeather.net"
This protects me, in case I have the opportunity to sell the shot, at
a later date, and (with luck) will bring one or two other visitors to
my website. Yet it still allows them free use of the photos and they
all have been most willing to go along with the request.
Even without payment, it's always good for the ego, to see your photo
credit. Just ask Ted! Sorry your "southern tourism agency" cut out
yours! :-(
Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
Limited Edition Prints at: www.furnfeather.net
Personal Web-site at: www.main.furnfeather.net
Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4
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