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Monday, January 22, 2007

Copywrite Protection On My Photos

"All photos on this Blog Site are Trademark Registered and protected. Any use of these photos without written permission from its owner would be considered a Federal Offense. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the copywriter protection laws."

This is now posted at the top of my home page.

5 comments:

Historical Wit said...

How does that work for stuff that was already taken and used? Not altered mind you, just used.

joe albero said...

That Website has been shut down.

Historical Wit said...

so only photos posted on this website?

Anonymous said...

dude, you may wanna stop taking pictures of peoples faces (like the guy that was arrested). Unless you get a released signed from him, he could civily sue you.

G®@pHiX said...

I believe Iyeska's comment also addresses well the difference of "®" (registered) and TM (approved TradeMark).

Also notice, there is a difference in "copywriter" and "copyrights". The laws have different purposes as well as their functionality.

To protect art or photographs under copyrights you only need to place your name along with a "©" symbol, and the year wherever your artwork or photo is being displayed.

example: Photos by Joe Albero © 2007

That should be all you need to do for good legal grounding. So unless you actually register each photo as a trademark, you may want to reword that.