Re: [PRODIG] Copyright

[Tim Ainsworth]

At 11:15 am +0000 29/11/02, Ron Jones wrote:

Probably a dumb question with a very obvious answer but here goes. In the
'olden days' it was relatively easy to prove that you owned the copyright of
an image. You could simply produce the original transparency or negative.

It's a good question, but one to which I don't have an answer at the moment. Presumably someone could argue that a date embedded into an image could be cheated by altering the clock on your computer and re-saving. With most of my work, there is always some post production that takes place, so I suppose you could claim copyright by producing a raw file?? Not exactly watertight, agreed.

Finally, if any Prodiger can recommend a good copyright lawyer, preferably
in NW England, could they please contact me off-list!

My neighbour is an intellectual property lawyer - he specialises mainly in music, but I bet he has some pals in Manchester who could help. I'll ask him this w/e and get back to you.

Kind regards,

Tim.
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