Digital BW, The Print

> -----Original Message-----
> From: susspeople@... [mailto:susspeople@aol.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 3:21 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Copyright
> 
> 
> Can anyone write copyright on a image they obtain,

Steve,

Only on works of art you create yourself or if you have purchased the
copyright from the original creator.

> or must 
> one apply to a 
> goverment agency for a copyright???

No. All original art is protected by copyright. However, placing a copyright
notice on your work will make an infringement much more easy to defend. In
fact without the notice it may not be defensible at all but I am no expert.
The notice should be on the print but in such a way as it does not show when
the work is displayed. I prefer the back of the print and/or mount myself.

Martin Wesley
www.carolynfrayn.com/Guests/MartinWesley/pages/MW_01.html
www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html