John Sessoms wrote: >From: Mark Roberts >> John Sessoms wrote: >> >>> They don't have to "settle" with you. Under the law, all they have to do >>> is stop using your photo ... IF YOU CAN PROVE IT'S YOURS. >> >> This is not true. If you've registered your copyright they are liable >> for compensatory and statutory damages. > >Seems like this legislation is aimed at changing that, at least for so >called "orphan" works.
Yes. It would establish in the UK what is already policy in the US. But in this image-searchable-Internet age it's more difficult than ever to prove that something is an orphan work: Removing the metadata and watermark from one image isn't enough you'd have to remove it from every copy of the image everywhere on the web (even the original photographer's web site). -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.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.
