2006-12-05 11:50:33 · 5 answers · asked by Labatt113 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Short answer is yes you are automatically protected.
Enforcing and proving it is more difficult. Use of a watermark is a easy way to protect photos on the web (since you are the only one with the non-watermarked file).
2006-12-05 11:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by BlankProfile 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you take the picture the copyright is granted...the only problem may be proving it but if you have the original negative or digital file, that shouldn't be a problem either...if its used by someone though, tracking them down and actually getting damages would be way to difficult to achieve.
2006-12-05 11:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a website that I use a disclaimer "all images copywrite burningtreephotos.com" and I also provide this link: http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html
The first poster is correct, the moment you take a photo you are technically the copywrite holder, but things can get sticky under that assumption. Hope that helps!!
2006-12-06 05:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by myaddictiontofire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can copyright almost anything; in theory, it is copyrighted the moment you take the picture, but if you really want to protect your photos, there are forms to fill out and fees to pay to the Copyright Office.
2006-12-05 11:53:04 · answer #4 · answered by Elven 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
just to clarify quickly...
it is immediately your "intellectual property" the moment the photograph is taken.
it is not, nor will it ever be, 'copyrighted' until you register it as such with the apporpriate institution.
I was told once that you can copyright a body of work in the same filing (cutting costs for you). curious to know if that's true.
2006-12-06 01:34:59 · answer #5 · answered by colourshift 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋