Photo legalities.... - DPChallenge Forums

06/23/2005 05:29:21 PM · #1

Had a Army warrant officer ask me to email him a picture that I took of the palace here in Baghdad so he could give them to some friends back home. I don't mind doing it, but it just made me think....ya ya...dangerous. What protects a photographer from something like this if...lets just say I see it being used somewhere. How can you prove that the photo is yours if someone else has the .jpg also.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

06/23/2005 05:30:48 PM · #2

You can put your name in the exif data.

Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital

06/23/2005 05:32:44 PM · #3

Is there a way you can set that up. Or do you have to do that for every single pic you give out?

twm122

Olympus E-3

06/23/2005 05:36:03 PM · #4

Good question. I am also waiting for a response from the pros.

joebok

Fujifilm X100F

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED

06/23/2005 05:36:34 PM · #5

There is no technical protection - there is only copyright law.

petrik

Nikon D70

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

06/23/2005 05:39:59 PM · #6

Originally posted by kyebosh:

You can put your name in the exif data.

As easily as you can put your name in it they can take it out. It's like locking your front door and leaving the key in the keyhole. I would think a watermark is your best bet. Sure it kills the image but if it's just to be used as "here take a look at this" then it is not going to matter.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

06/23/2005 05:40:46 PM · #7

I forget how you put your name into the camera so it automatically puts it in the exif. You need to connect the camera to a computer somehow... i could be wrong.

You can also submit photo CD's to the copyright office.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

06/23/2005 05:41:40 PM · #8

Originally posted by petrik:

Originally posted by kyebosh:
You can put your name in the exif data.

As easily as you can put your name in it they can take it out. It's like locking your front door and leaving the key in the keyhole. I would think a watermark is your best bet. Sure it kills the image but if it's just to be used as "here take a look at this" then it is not going to matter.

They cannot take it out of the original file you have saved. Therefore you have proof that the image is yours.

06/23/2005 05:46:39 PM · #9

If I watermark it he won't be able to print the picture out. I don't mind him using it for what he said it is intended for, I just don't want to see it being used someway else.