On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:11 PM, CheekyGeek <cheekyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would suggest that people who do this do not truly understand the > concept of copyright. Only the smallest and most unobtrusive copyright > mark is needed to fulfill the legal obligation of notification/claim > as seen on the work itself. It seems to me that what those who use > ginormous/intrusive copyright symbols are exercising is not their > copyrights, but their fear that their images are going to be > appropriated by others (which would be a violation of copyright). They > are, in effect, more worried about the unauthorized dissemination of > their copyrighted work. > This would indicate an ignorance of what rewards are available to the > copyright owner (and conversely, penalties to the copyright violator) > when your work is misappropriated. >
While you are technically correct, filing a copyright lawsuit is ridiculously expensive and takes years in court to pursue. And while you can get statutory damages if you promptly file for registration, if someone infringes on your copyright and it is not registered, you lose out on the statutory damages, and can only claim for straight damages. The rub about that is that unless you already have a history of selling your work, you can't place a marketplace value on your work. ie: you can't arbitrarily claim a value on your work. > In addition to misunderstanding the concept and exercise of copyright > and severely reducing the income opportunities arising from their > violation, you are also making your images far less likely to be > enjoyed by those viewing them - damaging your image (in more ways than > one). One might wonder why one bothers to put their images online if > they are going to act against their own interests by doing so. In > fact, the best way to assure no misappropriation of one's images is to > not put them online in the first place. > Most people are not selling their work, they put it online to be enjoyed, but they don't wan't random people to use it without their permission. > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > My opinions are free, and worth every penny. > - - - > Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
