Re: Photo Cd's

["Gerald Olson" <jerry_olson@und.nodak.edu>]

If you cannot recognize them, you do not need their permission.

Jerry

GLB Publishers wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Slusher <mslusher@bright.net>
> To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
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> I have a Publisher that is interested in several of them and my question is
> do I need to copyright them or not.
> 
> I know a bit more about copyrights than how to select the best black ink for
> whatever Epson, so...
> As soon as you took the pictures they supposedly hold your copyright, but if
> they are not registered you will have much more trouble in enforcing your
> exclusive right to use them. Can you put them in an organized book or
> portfolio as the equivalent of a publication? Then you could copyright all
> of them as part of that publication with a $30 fee. If they are later
> published the resulting publication would again be copyrighted as a specific
> collection.
> 
> taken of a 7 yr. old boy and his 5 yr. old sister just below Abrams Falls in
> the Smoky Mtns they were both dressed as the poor farm Mtn. children did at
> the turn of the century and that takes me to my final question even though
> you can't reconize them do I need a signed agreement to use this photo? or
> release? Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
>                   Mike mslusher@bright
> 
> Yes indeed you need releases. Publishers will be reluctant to publish them
> without releases, and in fact you will probably have to swear that you have
> releases (hold harmless clause) as part of a contract with the publisher. Oh
> the other hand, will the subjects ever see the published prints?
> 
> W.L.(Bill) Warner     glbpubs@mindspring.com
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