[pure-silver] Re: Uneasy Question From Nervous Uncle
- From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:04:16 -0500
In the US it is illegal to reproduce a photograph unless you are the holder of
the copyright or have the owners written permission. Reputable companies will
not copy photos that have a copyright notice on them.
Jerry
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From: Stein [mailto:rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 1:45 AM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Uneasy Question From Nervous Uncle
Dear Friends,
I have selected this list as the one likely to give a quick professional
response. I have an uneasy question.
I recently took large format pictures of my friends dressed in fantasy gear
up at a deserted railway tunel. All went well, we did not burn down the tunnel,
the pictures are delightful.
No money charged for anything - film and photography my treat. I made up a
quick batch of 12 8 x 10's and gave them to twelve of the participants a week
ago. Everyone happy.
So happy that several of the recipients propose taking one of the pictures
to a commercial firm that recopies it onto an A3 size digital paper, glues it
onto composition board, and die cuts out a jigsaw puzzle of it. It is packaged
and the customer is charged for it.
My images were gifts, and as I read it, while the recipients can display
the prints in their homes, I own the copyright and unless I relinquish this
further copying, publication, or commercial use of these images runs foul of
some sort of law. But which law, and who in this chain is making themselves
liable for complaint?
Before I make a fool of myself and/or alienate my friends, can some one
clarify this for me? I hasten to add I write from Australia, not North America.
But advice from anywhere is welcome....
Uncle Dick
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