How to deal with printers who ask for copyrights
mpmcleod
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My wife had some photos printed at a (unnamed) local shop . When she arrived with her mom to pick them up she was questioned by the clerk for the photographer's copyright. She took the pictures herself but the clerk wouldn't believe her. The clerk brought in a manager and they finally convinced him that she did, in fact, take the photos but what a hassle.
Has anyone else had to deal with this?
I suggested that we print some quickie pseudo-business cards for my wife to deal with this stuff in the future. Any other thoughts?
Has anyone else had to deal with this?
I suggested that we print some quickie pseudo-business cards for my wife to deal with this stuff in the future. Any other thoughts?
-- Mike
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People out there steal you identity.....your Credit card.....your purse....your wallet....your car.....now pictures!
That's pretty pathetic!!
Is anything sacred anymore?
I got a Wife and coupla kids they can have......now there is an idea....after an hour or 2 they will be more than willing to PAY ME to takem back!:lol4
I might be on to something here!!:lol
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I had a fingerprint sensor identification system installed on mine. It now knows the identity, age, marital status and annual income of whoever picks it up to shoot with.
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Huh, IIRC mine does--it embeds the body S/N in the EXIF & I've run the utility to put my name as owner in there which it embeds as well.
Graphy: nope nothing is sacred any more. :cry
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I wonder if that's what the printers had in mind.
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No seriously, if you are going to print to a local place then ask them the first time for their consent form. All the wally worlds have them as do many labs. I had to sign one and leave my business card stapled to the form so they can verify who I am when I pickup my photos. It still happends from time to time.
I ONLY print local IF I'm in some kind of crunch and I have to have it right then. Otherwise I just print from Smugmug and wait for the photo to arrive. This also ensures I have the correct (color - lighting) photo that I ordered. Try getting that with a local place
You should NEVER EVER EVER EVER print any place than Smugmug...
Yes, it was a time crunch last minute Christmas gift deal. I have printed only a few pics (1 order) through SM but now that I am back in the States I will probably print more through SM.
The business card comment was part of my questions. My wife is an amateur photographer so she doesn't have a business nor a card. I think we will print some up anyway so she can give them to printers and maybe that will get them off our backs.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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That in and of itself should make them think your crazy wacko and they will either realize you are the photographer cause photographers are all nutty, or they will be to scared to argue with you.
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The problem we have is that there is no copyright since these are photos we shot. So we basically need to give permission to ourselves to print it ...
I think I will work on a permission form that says that.
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