Copyrighting Images

[BigC]

Hi,
Would some techie guy who has had experience or knows the process of copyrighting photographs/images for the web
please inform me on how to go about this aspect of image protection. I have heard of watermarking but if you place this over the image it looks naff.
Please help
ATB
BigC

 

[tropic_john]

Hi,
Would some techie guy who has had experience or knows the process of copyrighting photographs/images for the web
please inform me on how to go about this aspect of image protection. I have heard of watermarking but if you place this over the image it looks naff.
Please help
ATB
BigC

to copyright is about 20.00 quid for first image then 5.00 for very other. Try the intellectual property office

 

[bitteraspects]

paying for a copyright is not practical. basically, if its your image, and you have proof that its yours, you hold the copyright.
as far as watermarks. you dont have to put it over the image. you can put a watermark in the corner. there is also digital encoding. a lot of image editing software will allow you to write your name or company name in the exif data of the image.

 

[mike os]

afaik all images are automatically c of the image owner.

the issue is really maintaining ownership/ use & unfortunately the only way seems to either watermark clearly (then if removed is an obvious breach) or reduve size to say 400x300px when it becomes useless for anything but web use..... but obviously can still be used & that is the most likely place for abuse.

alternatively you can use an imageholder that does not permit right click/save image..... need to look round tho.

 

[bitteraspects]

also, unless someone is using your image for monetary gain, theres really nothing to prosecute for. so unless youre taking pictures that someone else could sell, i wouldnt worry too much about it. someone using your snapshot for their myspace page might be rude, but its not worth legally pursuing.

 

[BigC]

This is the piece.
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=301938
It may be prey for magazines or thesis by students.
Just thought I ask about copyrights
ATB
BigC

 

[youngfisher]

I dont know if this would work/how it would work but with music an easy way to copyright is once you have made the cd you post it to yourself in the mail and keep it sealed. Then you can call it copyright, I have not a clue how it works because I suspect other people can just put it on a CD and send it to thereself. But an artist called Chipmunk (not sure if you have heard of him) told me this once at a meeting, before he became mainstream.

YF

 

[Buddyboy67]

Just type..."this belongs to me, Big C" in the corners mate and yer laughing,lol....

 

[youngfisher]

I wouldnt put BigC I would put your real name. You could put it somwhere that if they "blanked" that bit out, it would remove a good peice of the picture.

YF

 

[degsod]

Also adda note at the beginning and the end of the post to say that the artical is copyright and that it can not be reproduced in part or full without the authors permission. The nif you see it in a magazine you can get something done about it. The only problem is if someone has already reproduced it as you don't have any disclaimer at the moment.

 

[rabbut]

Well, no, anything you post on a forum in the UK currently is legaly protected by copywrite. If someone re-produced your work without permission, they are in breach of copywrite. If you do not want it re-producing, state so at the beginning and end, then if it does get re-produced you can start proceedings or a claim against the re-producer for damages, regardless of if they have linked to it/given it's URL or not You should also be able to launch a claim if it's reproduced without the disclaimer, but it may make the claim more difficult to fight. That's my interpritation of it anyway, but you can check the details on the web, via The Copywrite Service's Website

All the best
Rabbut

 

[helterskelter]

their are some scripts where u list the the photo's and the text you want or image you want put over the top and then they sit there and do it all for you.

I personally use adobe CS and designed a logo which i add over the fish then i upload them to the internet, i also then keep an original copy.

 

[mbsqw1d]

i've also heard of the 'posting it to yourself method'. This writes it under UK law with the date of the post mark. If you sent it yourself in a tamper proof envelope by recorded delivery but never open it. You are then able to prove you are the owner in court. But it sounds pretty flimsy to me. I reckon some solicitor would be able to find a loop-hole somewhere.

 

[chishnfips]

you can also use a sort of tag thing in photoshop, if you have the photo open in photoshop you can go to file info ( i think its in the file menu) and insert all the details there and that can help prove its yours. As well as putting in the copy right stamp somewhere on the image.

If you can prove its your original work then thats really all you need.