Copyright Photo Question...
I just scanned a whole batch of images from slides. Would like to post some on my personal website, but have an issue with no copyright emblem embedded in these. My website is protected, but as us...
Forum Discussion
Johno02 wrote:
Copyright or not, if you post it on the web, you lose all rights to any picture, text, e-mail, or anything else, including your credit card. If you want to try and fight for private rights, you are going to spend a lot of money for nothing.
This is quite simply not true.
The post below is accurate. Posting online is not one-size fits all. And you don't have to spend a lot of money. When my photos have been stolen I've had great success simply emailing the one who took the photo. Most people don't realize that most images have copyrights and are happy to remove the images or give me credit.
bighatnohorse wrote:
It's copyrighted (but not registered) the moment that you create the image - with or without the copyright notice.
The difference between "registered" and not registered images is the $amount$ for which you can sue.
You can bulk register hundreds of photos at a time with the US Copyright office ($55. last i checked).
Copyright.gov is a good starting point.
Even better is this legal publication:
http://www.nyccounsel.com/business-blogs-websites/who-owns-photos-and-videos-posted-on-facebook-or-twitter/
