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 11/08/2006 08:37:42 PM · #1
Hey everybody.

I was trying to figure out how to put copyright info into a picture. I found one other forum topic that said to put © (year, Name).

Is there anything else that needs to be added? Also, could somebody please tell me how I would actually put this info into the jpeg file (is there a way to edit the exif or something)? Im on a mac, but even if you told me how to do it on a pc that would be awesome.

Cheers!

Phil
 11/08/2006 08:43:34 PM · #2
in photoshop you can add it in file info. to really copyright it for possible lawsuits in the future you have to copyright through the copy right office. GenerelE has some links he usually adds and i think one of them is to nolo press.
 11/08/2006 08:46:52 PM · #3
Some cameras have an Owner or Comment field you can put this in. In software it shows up as a comment. I'm not sure what others do since my camera has a comment field.
 11/08/2006 08:47:28 PM · #4
Ok great!

Thats all I really wanted to know. Thanks a bunch.

Phil
 11/08/2006 09:26:03 PM · #5
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
in photoshop you can add it in file info. to really copyright it for possible lawsuits in the future you have to copyright through the copy right office. GenerelE has some links he usually adds and i think one of them is to nolo press.

Nolo Press

US Copyright Office
 11/08/2006 09:46:03 PM · #6
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
in photoshop you can add it in file info. to really copyright it for possible lawsuits in the future you have to copyright through the copy right office. GenerelE has some links he usually adds and i think one of them is to nolo press.

Nolo Press

US Copyright Office


thanks Paul:)
 11/08/2006 09:53:39 PM · #7
most EXIF data such as copyright info that is part of the photo can be changed. As with anything, locks only keep the honest honest
 11/09/2006 12:25:11 AM · #8
If you are in the US and you don't register your images with the copyright office, you might as well forget the copyright symble. If someone does take your image without permission you probably won't be able to afford to sue them... unless you are independently wealthy.

There is no legal requirement to have a copyright symbol on an image in the US... although, if you do have one and someone does take your image and removes it AND you can afford to sue them, it increases the penelties of the infringement.

The main reason the the most compelling reason to register your images is that if someone does use your image without permission and you do take them to court and win, regardless of if you get a judement against them for money, they get to pay all court and legal fees for both of you. That can go into the thousands right there. This is also why most people when they find out they infringed on someone where their images is registered will roll over and pay you what you want rather than go to court. I know it works, I've just found my 4th commercial infringement of one of my images and I'm about to send him a letter giving him his options of paying me or go to court. Of the 3 before, I didn't have my images registered the first time and I couldn't afford to sue the woman that was worth a lot of money. The next two times I had them registered and I was paid my fee without a fight when I gave them the info and told them to check with a IP lawyer on what they could face.

So don't stop with just putting a symbol on your images. Get them registered as well. It only costs $45 for a CD full of images and 15 minutes to fill out the form.

Mike
 11/09/2006 12:29:19 AM · #9
Originally posted by MikeJ:
So don't stop with just putting a symbol on your images. Get them registered as well. It only costs $45 for a CD full of images and 15 minutes to fill out the form.

Mike

I think you can submit (even more) on a DVD these days as well ...
 11/09/2006 01:28:57 AM · #10
Does the image on the cd have to be full sized?

11/09/2006 09:39:40 AM · #11
Originally posted by Tlemetry:
Does the image on the cd have to be full sized?


Nope, just big enough to get a good idea of whats on the image. I think I read somewhere that 150k images or so are fine. Approx the same size you would have here for challenges. That should allow you to put an awefull lot of them on a cd or DVD.
 11/09/2006 11:07:29 PM · #12
Kaveran is correct. The idea is to have a image that is big enough to show the detail it will need to compare to the one that the other person used. Most of mine on the CD's I sent in are in the 80K size and about 600 pixles on the long side.

I have a program that I sue to create web galleries out of that will create thumbnails as well as the viewable image at what ever size and quality that I want. What I do is short my images into some kind of order (usually by session, date or subject matter) so it will be easier to find one if I need to and then run it through the gallery software to create the sized images for the CD I burn too.

Here is a link to a short info page I did for another site on what I do to register my images.

Copyright Info

I know Canada's laws are a bit different as are other countries, but it might still be worth looking into. For those in the US, everyone that takes pictures should do it... no matter how good or bad they think their pictures are.

Mike

Message edited by author 2006-11-10 19:08:41.
 11/10/2006 12:05:47 AM · #13
I've not done it because it never occurred to me that I could copyright more than one at a time. Makes sense though.

Thanks for the info.
 11/10/2006 07:10:37 AM · #14
should you copyright your originals or just the ones that you have processed
 11/10/2006 07:22:09 AM · #15
@Elvis, you'll want to copyright the original which also covers derivative works.
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