Don't know how accurate this is, but I have heard about a photog that would give his clients the means to get prints done at labs and then encouraged them to do so. He would then turn around and sue the labs for copyright violations. Pretty low, if really true.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:25:04 PM, you wrote: DJB> Hum, would not have thought about that. DJB> FWIW i have never been asked, so take that as you may. DJB> <g> DJB> Dave DJB> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Bruce Dayton DJB> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No, the issue for labs is that if they reproduce something that is >> copyrighted they are on the hook for it. If a customer came in with >> copyrighted material and said it wasn't, the lab is still liable if >> they reproduce it. So they either need a sworn statement from the >> photographer on company letterhead authorizing the customer to make >> copies (prints) or the customer has to sign a statement indicated >> that he is the original owner/creator of the image(s). >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:16:44 PM, you wrote: >> >> DJB> Lovely smile and eyes. >> >> DJB> Would they be concerned that the files were being ripped off maybe,.?? >> >> DJB> Dave >> >> DJB> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Bruce Dayton >> DJB> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted >>>> some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went >>>> in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, >>>> they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. >>>> In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought >>>> the shot was good. >>>> >>>> Here is the image that was printed: >>>> >>>> >>>> Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash >>>> ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld >>>> >>>> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Bruce >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> -- 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.
