Photo Copyright ??

[dasadrew]

i think unless you pay for a copyright anyone can copy them ...

Wrong!

Copyright exists automatically, but registration helps you in court cases. The copyright sign doesn't have to be on the article - just try and make a Ferrari Replica car and wait to see how long it takes the boyzz from Maranello to pay you a visit and then tell them there wasn't a 'C' sign on the car!

Even if copyright has been infringed here, I'd hate to think of how anyone would put a figure on the damages incurred by someone reposting a picture of a Ford Escort!!

Be careful, if you say that that original posting was worth £1000 to you, you might get the Inland Revenue boys and girls paying a visit to your last tax declaration, because you have just turned a hobby into a profit-making business by that statement!

By the way, if your computer cache is enabled, you have just copied these words of mine into your PC memory and have infringed copyright law in the process!

[Alan Cox]

I'm not worried that he has used them, just the fact there is no recognition of where they were from, or that he didn't ask if I minded.

[Kel]

thats what p'd me off to.

[Alan Cox]

I'm in the process now of uploading them all again, but this time with a banner accross the botom, stating where there are from.

[Kel]

that will be a shame !!!

is sad that we have to do these thing to protect the time as effort we put in.

[Kel]

I have had a reply. Pm'd ya

[Alan Cox]

Yep

[Banishit]

I have to admit putting some of yours on here when people have asked for a photo of "x"? too alan but not anywhwere else, only on this BB as your pics are nice clear quality ones

Shamed

Brian

PS you take a picture even if commissioned you are the rightful owner No questions

[Alan Cox]

that will be a shame !!!

is sad that we have to do these thing to protect the time as effort we put in.

Tell me about it, I used to take Mondays off of work during the show season to sort out and upload the photos (I must be mad)

I even brought myself a camcorder to record the presentations of the trophys to know who won what.

[Banishit]

Alan if you Use Photoshop just watermark them before you put them up right across the middle then if anyone wants a copy they can mail you and buy one ?

Just looked and theres an early one of mine still branded by me

[Kel]

Giz and I are looking into how we can automate watermarking on the RSOC BB attachments

[Banishit]

Just noticed theres nearly all my pictures and my show pictures on there too LOL even my bloody seats on page 6

and this floor pic hes taken the lot

[willid1]

Look at point 22

http://ahds.ac.uk/copyrightfaq.htm#faq26

Don't see any difference between text and an original picture.

HTH

David

[Alan Cox]

David,

Nice website,

But does that mean that if I copped what you have just wrote onto a post on the RSOC web site, I have to get RS2000custom's permission to do so first


Alan

[RS_VAN]

Just been reading all this
i have saved a lot of the pics of here as u have seen in 1 of my posts
i have played with some pics
and put them on here an 1 or 2 on the osf bb
i collect pics for my own computer
and i take quite a lot my self when i get a chance
not been to a show for a few years now
so hope no one minds me doing that
an if i deside to make a site i will ask first b4 i put any on there

cheers
Neil