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© The answer this burning question with which so many struggle, I have devised these three perfect laws: IF I choose to create an image, it is mine. IF I choose to share it with you, you may look at it, but it is still mine. IF I choose to license it to you, you [...]
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Read these words carefully. Just because something exists in a public domain, doesn’t mean that that something is public domain. Let me paraphrase. Just because a picture is posted on a website, doesn’t mean that it is free for all users without consequence. The World Wide Web came into existence (more...
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As a follow-up to my previous post on borrowing a camera from a fellow photographer and the copyright issues that ensue, I offer the following.
On the Worldesigns Photo February tour of Costa Rica we did a little scouting and found this delicious sunset on the NW Pacific Coast. It was our last night...
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In a pinch friends can share many things, up to but not including a toothbrush. Sometimes in the heat of battle (photography) it is necessary to borrow another person’s camera in order to get the shot. When this happens, a curious legality emerges: that of deferring copyright ownership.
Scenario:
Laurie...
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With 2010 looming around the corner, it is time to think about those things that photographers should be doing in advance of the coming year.
1. If you have your copyright date imbedded in your Creator’s Name Field (see link), it is time to change it.
2. Check your Camera’s time stamp. Do your...
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Geetesh Bajaj recently interviewed me on the subject of Photography, Presentations and Copyright issues. Geetesh is a Microsoft MVP for PowerPoint ™ and writes regularly in his on-line magazine: Indezine. You can read the full interview here.
Rikk Flohr
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Sometimes passing the camera around creates a sticky copyright situation. Submitted for your approval, the following photography containing the author of this blog and his photographic idol/mentor, Jim Brandenburg. Jim Brandenburg and Rikk Flohr Photo Credit: Heidi Mae Niska The shot above was...
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File this under the “I’m not quite sure how I feel about this” category.
I read an article on a new functionality that is cropping up on the world wide web. It’s appearance was innocuous enough but, upon sufficient reflection, including furrowed brows and a look of stern consternation, I have decided...
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I am always pleasantly surprised when I get a call from a Wal-Mart Photo Department or some other store that makes prints, asking me if the person standing before them has permission to reproduce a photo. It wasn’t always like that. Stores which print photos are increasingly aware of reproducing...
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Take 5 minutes and tell the world those images are yours.
Images on the internet are vulnerable in a way in which most people are unaccustomed to dealing. There is a widely-held belief that images on the web are free for the taking. For photographers, who need to display their images, this is a perplexing...
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I stumbled across TinEye on the Imaging Pro Blog and thought, “Hmmm this has potential…”
For those of us who create and voraciously defend material of our own copyright, TinEye looks right up our alley. The theory behind it is that you can feed it an image and it will look for images which are very ...
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With the era of digital pictures upon us, there are pictures everywhere. Many users mistakenly think that if they can download an image that they have the rights to do whatever they want with it. This means that someone could be using your images without your permission. That's where today's...
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© Protect your Copyright I am disturbed by the many tactics of those in the world who seek to gain rights to use other's work for little or no charge, or through outright subterfuge. Typically, I abhor competitions and contests. I am one of those people who measures his skill by my ability to be...