Copyright

OakleyOakley Registered Users Posts: 446 Major grins
edited September 22, 2005 in Mind Your Own Business
How does one go about copyrighting pictures?

I'm really ignorant when it comes to this. Is it just a matter of putting a

©2005 Ryan Oakley

wherever I want...pictures, or my homepage? Or is there an official way of doing this???

I really dont' know.

Could someone please help with an explaination or a link to a good reference?

Thanks a bunch!
Ryan Oakley - www.ryanoakleyphotography.ca [My smugmug site]
www.photographyontheside.com [My blog about creating a part-time photography business]
Create A Gorgeous Photography Website with Smugmug in 90 Minutes [My free course if you need help setting up and customizing your SmugMug site]

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    copyright brush stamper in photoshop
    Oakley wrote:
    How does one go about copyrighting pictures?

    I'm really ignorant when it comes to this. Is it just a matter of putting a

    ©2005 Ryan Oakley

    wherever I want...pictures, or my homepage? Or is there an official way of doing this???

    I really dont' know.

    Could someone please help with an explaination or a link to a good reference?

    Thanks a bunch!

    here's how to make a stamper in photoshop

    as far as other notices, you can put them in your footer section.

    i'm moving this to "mind your own business forum."

    as for the "rest of the story" re: copyright - take a search of the dgrin forums here, lots of great threads on the subject.. and then ask your specific questions.

    hope this helps!
    Andy

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  • OakleyOakley Registered Users Posts: 446 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    Thanks Andy. Will do....
    Ryan Oakley - www.ryanoakleyphotography.ca [My smugmug site]
    www.photographyontheside.com [My blog about creating a part-time photography business]
    Create A Gorgeous Photography Website with Smugmug in 90 Minutes [My free course if you need help setting up and customizing your SmugMug site]
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    Oakley wrote:
    Thanks Andy. Will do....
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    All you ever wanted to know about copyright law and were afraid to ask. U.S

    Make yourself a pot of coffee, this will take awhile.

    Sam
    www.samlinvillephotography.com
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    Mike Lane wrote:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons
    http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
  • luckyrweluckyrwe Registered Users Posts: 952 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    The pictures are copyrighted the instant the shutter closes. Now if you wishto ENFORCE your copyright, that's the stuff that makes lawyers rich. It is ALL federal too.
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    luckyrwe wrote:
    The pictures are copyrighted the instant the shutter closes. Now if you wishto ENFORCE your copyright, that's the stuff that makes lawyers rich. It is ALL federal too.
    Are you really going to go to court if someone puts your pic up on their blog? What if they photoshop your pic to make a derivitive work? About the only reason I'd go to court is if someone made a bunch of money off of my work (yeah right!).

    Okay, so why not just explicitly state what people can and cannot do with your images? Give them permission right up front and set the boundaries clearly with a creative commons liscense.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
  • OakleyOakley Registered Users Posts: 446 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005 
    [/url][url="http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/"]http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/[/url][url="http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/"]


    Mike,

    That's the info I needed. So I guess I just put a disclaimer on my home page, like the one you have...and that's that. No need to stamp a big (c) on all my pictures.

    Perfect.

    Thanks
    Ryan Oakley - www.ryanoakleyphotography.ca [My smugmug site]
    www.photographyontheside.com [My blog about creating a part-time photography business]
    Create A Gorgeous Photography Website with Smugmug in 90 Minutes [My free course if you need help setting up and customizing your SmugMug site]
  • luckyrweluckyrwe Registered Users Posts: 952 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    What you do is pay a lawyer $50 to write a cease and desist letter. You can get big buck in court but who has the time.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2005
    luckyrwe wrote:
    The pictures are copyrighted the instant the shutter closes.
    nod.gif
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • coach-alcoach-al Registered Users Posts: 70 Big grins
    edited September 22, 2005
    my take
    Hi Mike,

    I decided to put my copyright (that has my url on it) on all my pics of decent size that I have posted on my websites. The reason, I found that there are other people copying my pics and putting them on their website with no credit given. Since it's such a pain to do anything about it I just decided I might as well get some advertising from them.

    Just my take.

    Good luck, Al

    __________________________________________

    Mike,

    That's the info I needed. So I guess I just put a disclaimer on my home page, like the one you have...and that's that. No need to stamp a big (c) on all my pictures.

    Perfect.

    Thanks[/QUOTE]
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2005
    luckyrwe wrote:
    What you do is pay a lawyer $50 to write a cease and desist letter. You can get big buck in court but who has the time.
    Unless you can prove profit the person has made from illegal use or profit you have lost, it's doubtful you'll make anything. Most lawyers wouldn't even bother because their take wouldn't be worth their time. The cease and desist is all the would do normally.
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