[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The question is all about a photo that you have taken
yourself and what you can/cannot legally do with that
photo.
You own the photograph; it's yours and you can do anything
you want with it. You own the copyright on the photograph;
it's yours until you sell it or release it to public domain.
BUT other people may own aspects of the photograph:
if your photograph constitutes a copy of someone else's
copyright, you need that person's permission to use it.
This is like the situation with respect to printer's plates.
When I was editing a newsletter, I took images to the
printer and he burned them onto printing plates. These
plates are the property of the printer; unless I make a
separate agreement to purchase the plates, he can do
anything he wants with them after he's finished my job: he
can store them, trash them, sell them to a scrap dealer, use
them to shingle his house. But the club I was working for
owned the IMAGES on those plates; he couldn't print with
them without our permission.
Another consideration is the model release. You can't
photograph someone without his permission; if you want to
use someone's photograph, you must get him to sign a model
release.
American law makes a curious exception for people whose
images are their stock in trade: if you manage to steal a
copy, you can legally sell it. (Western culture pretends to
abominate papparazi, yet eagerly slurps up their product and
offers vast sums for more.)
--
Joy Beeson
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