Late on the thread, and being able to read other ideas do have some
advantages.
I am very annoyed by this behavior. Specially when it's not a family pic
and looks this is the case. Assuming you gave your friend one of your
photos - the one you took because you ARE a photographer and not because
he asked you or because it's his kid on the photo.
I'd talk to my friend. Tell him (or her, makes no diff) that I am
serious about my photos, and that's including the exact presentation,
and that any repro is not ok with me, because: 1) it's MY work and I'm
the one entitled to copy or not, 2) it's MY work and I'm the one in
charge of the quality, 3) it's MY work and the moment I chose to present
him I didn't include anyone else in the present but him. And yes, the
choice IS mine, since it is MY work.
Do sign you photos, date and in case of gifts, speaking for myself I'd
be very honored to see it properly dedicated (assuming that's the word)
to me. Because the gesture IS important, and that's a photo you gave me
- not one I bought. If my something (Dad is no fool and a photographer
himself), in charge of framing my gift would do some xerox, scanning or
even photographing my gift to repro, I would beat him hard. Not only
because it's your work, but also because it's MY gift...
OTOH, it IS a cumpliment, of sorts, and that kind of behavior -
copyright bypass - is deep into most minds. If they download the Mona
Lisa, whyinhell not to xerox that pretty pic??? They don't do it with
bad stuff - and every master gets copied sooner or later.
LF
Christine Aguila escreveu:
Hi Everyone:
I'd very much like to know everyone's views about something that has
just happened to me; here's the story:
I gave a nice print--as a gift--to a friend. My friend's father-in-law
took the print to get it framed, and come to find out, he also made some
scans of the print and gave them to family members. I'm just going to
come out and say it--I'm really irked by this. I often sign my prints
in the lower right hand edge, but I didn't on this print.
How irked would you guys be? What, if anything, would you guys do or say?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers, Christine
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