No, it's $30 per registration. I register about 1000-3000 images at a time. Jack Martin Wesley wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jack M Kucy [mailto:jmk@...] > > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 3:43 PM > > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Copyright > > > > > > You unconditionally OWN the copyright to all the images you created. > > Upon registration with the Copyright Office > > you just gain proof of your copyright. Without registration if your > > copyright is abused by anyone the case may not go > > to court since it's not open-and-shut anymore, and no lawyer > > will take it. With the registration the perpetrator will > > settle with you before you > > know it. > > Jack, > > I am sure you are correct but at $30 per work registered I don't think it > will be practical for most photographers. Of course for those who achieve > fame and fortune registering your best selling prints would be a wise > course > of action. > > Good info the government site: http://www.copyright.gov/ > > According to them official form of a copyright notice is: > > C 2002 John Doe > > So I have not been following the proper format myself but since a > notice is > not required it probably doesn't matter. > > > > But again, you own the copyright from the moment the image > > has been created. > > And it is good for the rest of your life and 70 years beyond! > > Martin Wesley > www.carolynfrayn.com/Guests/MartinWesley/pages/MW_01.html > www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish > to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting > this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to > keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from > the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > removed from the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group > Owner and Moderators. See Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines in the > Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE OWNER > AND MODERATORS OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE > LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE > LOSSES (EVEN IF THE OWNER AND MODERATORS OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), > RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, > THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF > YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD > PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER > MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > click here > <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12c62lg5d/M=266841.4316200.5507732.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705019182:HM/EXP=1072051728/A=1911859/R=0/*http://www.lifescapeinc.com/picasa/landing.php?capid=222&caId=1988> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/ > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > -- _________________________________________________ Jack M Kucy JMK Gallery (www.jmk-gallery.com) 917-991-2096 jmk@... Member of ASMP (www.asmp.org) _________________________________________________ ...a riveder le stelle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Copyright
2003-12-21 by Jack M Kucy
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