Now you really got me puzzled, do you really eat lutefisk in Australia? I thought it was a strictly Norwegian dish. Thor Egil Norwegian (who don't eat lutefisk either) > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stein > Sent: 29. januar 2005 01:22 > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Uneasy Question From Nervous Uncle > > Dear Folks, > > Many thanks for the cogent advice. I have been busy > since last night - I found a publication from the Copyright > Council that sets out what one must do in Australia in regard > to photographic copyright - Dave Hornford was spot-on with his notes. > > In this case there was no commissioning of the photos and > no valuable consideration passed at all, so it looks like I > am still the owner of the right. As Dave said, the commercial > firm may assume that the person presenting the artwork for > processing owns the copyright, but I intend to contact them > to see if they require evidence of that. > > I have had a quiet electronic word with the high council > of our club and they will likely be able to stop any untoward > use - the power of society - but I have made it clear that I > do not want to be considered the picture scrooge. I shall > continue to supply costume pictures, event coverage, and all > sorts of baby pictures as freely as before ( These are my > friends, after all, and I get to be in some of the pictures > too...) but when the work is taken out into the market place > it is a different kettle of lutefisk. > > A small note from the BGA: Physical violence is rarely > used in Guild work, and we do not often resort to normal > court procedures, unless the victim does not speak English > and can be intimidated by the mechanism of the law. It is > often enough to simply turn up at the guilty party's > workplace with several children clothed in rags pleading for > food to ellicit the required response. Or in severe cases the > guilty party may be publicly forgiven by the Guild member for > whatever the fault is - every day - every single blessed day > - and at exactly the same time..... > > Uncle Dick > > > > ============================================================== > =============================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password > you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.