I have got some money in a couple of cases and it was a lot of work arguing, but the relevant question is different: would I get any richer if I had my name all over the photographs? I don´t think so.
I do think less people would look at them if the signature annoyed them. DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 22. nov. 2010 kl. 22.01 skrev Bob Sullivan: > And Dag, > Are you a rich man collecting from all those who have infringed on > your copywrite? > I'll bet you don't even work any more because of all the income... :-) > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM, DagT <li...@thrane.name> wrote: >> Den 20. nov. 2010 kl. 22.51 skrev Jaume Lahuerta: >> >>> ----- Mensaje original ---- >>> >>>> De: Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> >>>>> >>>> Wow Darren, I never thought my (c) would annoy you so much :-( >>>> >>>> I've just finished reading through the thread and am surprised at how >>>> angry you sound. >>>> >>>> I'll comment later on when I have some time. >>>> >>> >>> I have to admit that: >>> >>> 1) I immediately thought on your pictures when I read the initial post. >>> 2) I also find that (C)s particularly annoying/disturbing (basically >>> beacause >>> they don't allow me to fully enjoy your images) >>> 3) I have never found that someone else has used one of my images without >>> permission...Maybe if I would, my opinion would be different, so I never >>> complained. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jaume >> >> >> Sorry I´m late (been in Berlin for a few days) but I agree that copyright >> symbols and names inside the pictures reduces the experience of the picture. >> >> I have had pictures stolen in every (?) possible way but I don´t think any >> of them would have been avoided with a copyright inside the picture. If it >> isn´t large enough to ruin the picture it is easy to remove by some simple >> editing. >> >> I think that in most jurisdictions it is clearly illegal once you do >> anything to active to remove the symbol and name. Thus the name doesn´t >> have to be large. My solution has been to include the copyright in the >> picture but outside the frame. If you download any of my pictures you will >> find that it comes with a white frame and copyright symbol as well as name >> in the file but outside the picture. It is very easy to remove, just crop of >> the frame, but doing that will be illegal. >> >> Another thing is that the links to the pictures on my we site are not stable >> so any direct linking will be hopeless once I add a picture in the gallery >> (as you can see each time I update the PAW and refer to the same link). >> >> So, even if I can see the reason for "ruining" the pictures I don´t think it >> works and also it is also not necessary. >> >> DagT >> http://www.thrane.name >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
