On Apr 4, 2010, at 9:04 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: paul stenquist >> That should read "I can't imagine why anyone would lose any sleep >> over copyrighting itty-bitty web images. >> And I can't. There are many things worthy of our concern these days. >> This is not one of them. > > But, in my position - hoping to transition to making an income from > photography at some future point - do you think it's worth going ahead and > backfilling the copyright into the meta-data in my existing unpublished > catalog? > > Or, I guess turn the question around ... is there any reason I shouldn't? > > -- You shouldn't because it's a waste of time. It won't prevent anyone from stealing the images. Of course if you have nothing to do, adding a copyright to the meta data won't do any harm.
On the other hand, when you sell a photo you can add a copyright. Better yet, make it part of the contract. Furthermore, most reputable buyers will indicate that they respect the copyright when they make the purchase. The contract usually comes from the buyer. And reputable buyers are the only ones who pay enough to make the sale worthwhile. Paul > 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.
