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Subject:
Reserving rights to photo image
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: starshower-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
07 Feb 2005 08:24 PST
Expires: 09 Mar 2005 08:24 PST Question ID: 470373 |
I need to email a photo of an ancient artifact that I own from the US to someone in Britain, without surrendering any rights to the image for reproduction or publication. How may safeguard my rights to the image, is it necessary to put a letter banner across the image itself, or may I indicate that I'm reserving all rights at the bottom of the page? And what is the prescribed language to use for safeguarding my rights to the image? |
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Re: Reserving rights to photo image
Answered By: kriswrite-ga on 07 Feb 2005 08:32 PST Rated: |
Hello starshower~ It?s best to place your copyright notice on the image itself. It should read like this: (copyright symbol) copyright 2005 by John Doe. All Rights Reserved. The year indicated should be the year the photograph was taken. However, you should know that in the (unlikely?) event that someone violates your copyright, you will have little to no defense in court unless you file for copyright protection with the U.S. Copyright Office. To do this, follow the guidelines provided by the Office at http://www.copyright.gov/register/visual.html Essentially all you need to do is file the correct paperwork (form VA), a copy of your photo, and pay a $30 fee. In this way you can protect not only your photograph, but anything based upon your photograph. For example, if someone wanted to base a drawing on your image, they would need permission from you. Kind regards, Kriswrite RESEARCH STRATEGY: Search of U.S. Copyright Office website |
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Re: Reserving rights to photo image
From: fj-ga on 07 Feb 2005 09:26 PST |
I also suggest that you add a watermark to the image before sending it - emboss it with your name etc, this would not stop the image from being viewed or interpreted, but would stop the easy option of just cropping the copyright message off the photo. You could also send a 'poor quality' resolution image and / or change a few significant pixels on the image you send to make it a unique image for the guy that you are sending it to. In the event that it does show up elsewhere you should then be able to track where it came from. regards, |
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Re: Reserving rights to photo image
From: hummer-ga on 07 Feb 2005 11:31 PST |
Yes, I was going to suggest embedding an invisible watermark as well - you'll find directions here using Photoshop: New York Institute of Photography: http://www.nyip.com/tips/digital_dialog1102.php Regards, hummer |
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Re: Reserving rights to photo image
From: kriswrite-ga on 07 Feb 2005 12:32 PST |
Thank you for the excellent rating and the tip :) I appreciate both. Kriswrite |
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Re: Reserving rights to photo image
From: jewelryphotog-ga on 07 May 2005 11:04 PDT |
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