There are popularized books on the subject, including "The Idiot's Guide to Copyrights". All of these books contain disclaimers that for a final legal opinion a lawyer should be consulted. Part of the reason that you should actually talk to a lawyer is that no matter how plainly written the text, some idiots, and don't get me wrong, we can all be "idiots", will misinterpret it to what they want it to mean, as opposed to what is actually written. The upset Mom is one of those idiots.
David J Brooks wrote: > There is a two page thread over on the equine BB i help moderate, that > started off well intended, and has now, as anticipated started into > the copy right issue, brought up by some upset Mom who thinks it is ok > to lift proofs from websites and post on facebook etc. > > She claims, and say's she has a copy right book by her side, that > because the photos are taken at a public event, in a public place with > out consent of the riders.(we have the consent of the park owners) > that the photographer holds no copyright and if we do not post a no > right click or water mark on the photo(most of us do the latter) then > they are fair game. > > Any comments on this. This is for Canadian shows, but i'll assume most > portions of law would hold true in the USA as well. > > FWIW, most of the bigger known photographers have held back any replies.:-) > > Dave > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
