Re: [OGD] Copyright of photographs

2007-06-12 Thread Roger, in Bangkok
You are absolutely correct, Jerry. A model release signed by the owner of any "inanimate or non-human subject" is just as legally binding as one signed by or for a professional model ... if a release doesn't exist, you don't have the right to take the picture for either profit or public display ..

[OGD] Copyright of photographs

2007-06-12 Thread Jill & Jerry Suffolk
Hi All, All of this talk of copyright on EBay and other places reminds me of discussions I have had some years ago with AOS judges. A lot of them think that the AOS has the copyright when you take award photographs. They believed that you did not buy the film you do not have the copy