Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

If you put images on the Internet or publish them in books or magazines 
that get to the USA it will apply to you.
Even now the US copyright laws makes it virtually impossible to control 
the use of your work in the US unless you register it with the US 
Copyright Office, preferably before publication on the web or elsewhere 
- as I've found.

It is also only too likely the the UK government will follow the example 
of the US on this (rather than that of Canada, which has a system much 
fairer to unlocatable copyright owners) and UK legislation is expected 
in the next couple of years.

Read what I've written about it on >Re:PHOTO 
http://re-photo.co.uk/?p=285 or Tony Sleep's piece on EPUK that I link 
too - and his comments on my piece. Photographers around the world 
should be very worried about this, and particularly those in Britain.

I'd hate to have to disfigure my own work on the web (I think over 
30,000 images) by adding a large and fairly prominent copyright 
overprint to every image, but I think it is probably the only sensible 
approach if this becomes US law.

Regards,

Peter

Peter Marshall    -    Photographer, Writer: NUJ
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stephengledhill wrote:
> Interesting ...  On the face of it this is a matter confined to the US;
> particularly as it relates to a bill in (presumably) the American Congress.
>
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> But,  how about my images where I'm from the UK.  How can a 'foreign' (for
> me) jurisdiction legislate over matters relating to an image whose copyright
> is owned by me here in the UK?
>
>  
>
> Steve Gledhill
>
> http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk
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>
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> caostebbins
> Sent: 07 May 2008 15:49
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Copyright control
>
>  
>
> Dear fellow photographers,
>
> I appreciate that this list is not used for political purposes, and I do not
> wish to violate 
> that or continue this thread beyond this notice. It's just that many of us
> struggling to sell 
> our work will be deeply impacted if the Orphan Works Bill passes, and the
> following text 
> provides a way to read up on its potential effects on you and your artwork
> and to take 
> appropriate action. The text and its link was forwarded to me by a friend
> who is a 
> professional illustrator; there is a section on the site designed solely for
> photographers as 
> well.
>
> My sincere apologies if I have offended anyone with the posting of this
> notice here.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Christy Stebbins
>
> The Orphan Works Bill goes to the house for a vote tomorrow, yes that is
> Wednesday!! This 
> is the bill that, if passed into law, will allow people to easily use your
> work without penalty 
> and without having to pay you a penny!
>
> There is no time left to make your voice heard. IT'S SO EASY to make sure
> your senators 
> and representatives hear you and how important it is for them to vote NO to
> this bill. An 
> easy to use form is at this link, it's a no brainer. You can customize or do
> nothing, just fill 
> in your info and it will be emailed to the senators and representatives in
> your state based 
> on your zipcode.
>
> http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home
>
> Please take 2 tiny minutes to fill this in NOW before it's too late, it's so
> very important to 
> all visual artists. Please forward to all those you'd like to protect and
> the loved ones that 
> care about us all. 
>
> You have been sent this email from the list of past illustrators who have
> requested agency 
> representation through our website. I apologize if this email goes to some
> illustrators that 
> are not American, I do not have a way of filtering my search of the names by
> nationality. I 
> want to do my best for all illustrators regardless of nationality and I
> believe the passing of 
> this bill would ultimately undermine the value and copyright of all artwork
> worldwide. 
>
>
>
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