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Bob
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As an amateur, can I copyright my photographs without going through some legal procedure? |
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Eric
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Bob wrote:As an amateur, can I copyright my photographs without going through some legal procedure? You can add confirming ownership details (you legally already have copyright as it’s your photo) to the Exif/metadata in camera or in software packages afterwards. Commercially I never bothered. I charged the client for the photo and they took the files. I did keep copies of course but when customers asked about ownership I used to say …. “ You keep the negatives, you loose them, you pay me to redo them”  A lot of the time I was using those photos immediately in brochures, catalogues and advertising ….so it never cropped up. In amateur status I use to put a copyright “C” mark with name and year on the corner of the photos. But they can be easily removed with software, even before AI content aware slickness. Keeping images low resolution when posting would also generally render them unusable by 3rd parties anyway. |
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jk
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As Eric says and he has many years of experience. I believe the best way if you are wanting recompense is to get someone to commission you that way you get paid up front and they technically own the images unless they agree to waive ownership to you. |
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chrisbet
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You may have copyright but enforcing it is a very expensive process - if doing it for someone then you have a contract, verbal or written, and may be able to persue through small claims court, but still a lot of aggro! |
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