Pinterest users lifting pictures from forum
I've always said watch all what you post about your personal information regarding your family and RV on a public forum. A friend of mine found a picture of my RV that I posted here on Pinterest. A...
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You can contact the webmaster on the offending site and they have a legal obligation to remove your image - and they know it.
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Photographer's Survival Manual: A Legal Guide for Artists in the Digital Age
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Copyright Tutorial (American society of Media Photographers)
The digital image when created belongs to the creator and no one else. Plus, it is legally considered copyrighted although the legal awards are far less than when the images are actually registered with the copyright office. It only cost about $35 to register them and they can be bundled - many hundreds of images per bundle. Sized to approximately 540 pixels is fine.
Derivative works are also covered. . .meaning that if someone were to do a little photoshopping of your image it would not protect them. Copyright is quite interesting.
Some sites like Facebook strip out the EXIF data. . .
Interested in more?
How using Google Images can cost you $8,000
Photographer's Survival Manual: A Legal Guide for Artists in the Digital Age
Registration Site Copyright.gov
Copyright Tutorial (American society of Media Photographers)
The digital image when created belongs to the creator and no one else. Plus, it is legally considered copyrighted although the legal awards are far less than when the images are actually registered with the copyright office. It only cost about $35 to register them and they can be bundled - many hundreds of images per bundle. Sized to approximately 540 pixels is fine.
Derivative works are also covered. . .meaning that if someone were to do a little photoshopping of your image it would not protect them. Copyright is quite interesting.
Some sites like Facebook strip out the EXIF data. . .
