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From: "John Sessoms"
Subject: Re: OT: Down the memory hole ...
I remember a long argument somewhere here or in usenet about what my
responsibility was at the photolab regarding customers who came in to make
copies of copyrighted images. Under the DMCA, it's the equipment owner
who's financially liable for any infringement. The penalties are quite
draconian.
I suggested anyone who shoots weddings and provides the couple with a CD
of the images to print their own should include a copyright release.
I was roundly condemned for being a "bad cop", and informed it was not my
job to "enforce bad laws".
Bad law or not, if you don't enforce it, you will, ultimately, take a hit
for it.
Interestingly, and I believe I've mentioned this before, a lot of the
problems you guys have with copyright isn't the DMCA, it's who you grant
ownership to.
It's ludicrous that a photographer can claim ownership of something he was
hired to make, and paid, often very expensively, in full for making. It's
like Joe Airwrench claiming ownership of my truck because he bolted the
driver's side front wheel onto it.
William Robb
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