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12/23/2004 12:50:50 PM · #1 |
Would love to hear your thoughts about the idea of selling a print of an entry from the Deja-vu challenge.
Do you feel it is a violation of ethic rules? after all the idea for the photograph was made up by someone else.
What do you think?
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12/23/2004 12:56:57 PM · #2 |
Personally, it would depend on which photo it was...Does the idea stem from someone else's, or is the idea someone else's?
I know others will disagree ("There's nothing new under the sun, or in the studio") but that's what me thinks.... :0)
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12/23/2004 01:06:29 PM · #3 |
Jinjit, that is a tough question.
I believe legally speaking you can copy to your heart's content - there are no patents involved. Morally... hmmm.... guess it depends just how unique the idea was.
Perhaps you could pose that question again when you are able to mention the actual photo involved.
If you still have scruples, ask the person who took the original photo. |
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12/23/2004 01:11:07 PM · #4 |
I think that it should be ok. I wouldn't feel so hurt if someone had copied one of my shots and then put it up for sale. To be on the safe side, why not drop a note to the tributed photographer and let them know you wanted to sell your print, and if they had any thoughts on it, they could contact you. I wouldn't necessarily ask permission as much as a little "heads up".
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12/23/2004 01:25:46 PM · #5 |
I struggle with this question myself. The original photographer of my entry doesn't have her winning photo on print. I don't think she has a DPCPrint account but her other website contains more work than her portfolio here.... I saw the photo there too but I didn't peruse the site much so I don't know whether she has prints for sale.
Yeah, I'm curious how others feel about this.
As for asking her permission to print, I think that's what I'll do after the challenge and see what she says.
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12/23/2004 01:35:43 PM · #6 |
Thank you all for your answers.
Well, If I ever think of putting such photograph for print, I will first let the tributed photographer know, and make sure he is feeling ok with it. That's for sure.
Yet, I am trying to figure out what I think about it myself and was curious to know what others might think of that as well
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12/23/2004 01:44:19 PM · #7 |
Yep, it's a complicated question, and IMO the answer really depends on the extent to which the tribute resembles the original. If the resemblance is very close, I'd personally not put it up for sale, even if the original photog approved. Conversely, if there were significant differences in content and/or execution, an original "twist" if you will, then I'd have no problem putting it up for sale, but would still contact the photographer of the original as a courtesy.
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12/23/2004 02:08:01 PM · #8 |
| I WILL be selling mine as it isn't that close to the orginal besides it subject matter. |
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12/23/2004 03:31:08 PM · #9 |
You cannot copyright an idea. You are free to make and sell your own version of someone else's idea as long as you are not making an exact copy; attempting to defraud people into thinking it is the original work, or that it is in any way connected with or endorsed by the original artist.
Titles are not subject to copyright either.
Message edited by author 2004-12-23 15:31:40. |
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12/23/2004 03:48:28 PM · #10 |
i approached this as more of a collegial courtesy question rather than a legal point of view. Of course its legal to copy an idea so long as the work is original (and distinguishable from the original work).
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12/23/2004 03:55:59 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Personally, it would depend on which photo it was...Does the idea stem from someone else's, or is the idea someone else's? |
I agree. If your shot was inspired by an existing image but is not as close to an exact copy as you could make it, my feeling would be that you are morally fine to sell it. Much of what many of us do is inspired by stuff we've seen in the past. Infact, even some images that are much lauded on this site as very original and fresh are ideas that have been done by others, just not on DPC.
If your shot is essentially a copy, or very close to a copy, of an existing shot I think the line is much muddier and I'd personally feel uncomfortable about selling it.
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