Thanks Art and Bernie.
I checked the Digimarc option available through PS - doesnt' seem to be
reasonable due to teh leasing issues that aren't exactly cheap.
If I would be be considering commercial activity on my site I would
certainly consider their offer.
BTW, I'm not in US, I live in Israel and I suspect we here have yet had
worked out any well outlined laws protecting art property such kind of
electronic images.
Alex
--- Bernie Kubiak <bkubiak@attbi.com> wrote:
> An addition to Art's note: in the US if you've registered your
> copyright it
> is much easier to defend it and to get a settlement if the image is
> stolen.
> My understanding is the copyright office now allows you to register
> groups
> of images, which saves time and money.
>
> -----------------------------
> I'm too old to die young....
> My images are at: www.pvphotoartists.com/018/index.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Arthur
> Entlich
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:08 AM
> To: bkubiak@attbi.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Web images copyright
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> First off, you need to know that every country has its own
> legislation
> so where you are matters.
>
> Assuming you are in the US or Canada, you do not HAVE to register
> your
> copyright with the government to own the copyright. The copyright
> occurs at the moment the camera shutter is clicked. In some
> countries
> getting a registered copyright offers you additional protection in
> that
> you can get more money if you prosecute the case.
>
> Although your images are "only" 400 x 600, they can be used in that
> format in other web sites, screen presentations, screen wallpaper,
> small
> calendar prints, postcards, etc. I assume you don't want to give
> those
> away.
>
> Further, not having a copyright notice within the image where the
> image
> can be separated from the notice, doesn't help your case, because
> after
> the first theft, the image gets separated from the ownership, making
> it
> harder to both control, and also leaving any parties who never saw
> the
> copyright notice is a somewhat less ethical if not legal
>
> There are two types of watermarking available. Embedded hidden types
> which have to be registered with the company that provides the
> encoding
> for them to be relocated on the internet, and visible watermarks
> which
> make it more difficult for the image to be used, since they take a
> bit
> of work to get rid of. Unfortunately, they also distort the image
> quality.
>
> One of the reasons I have not yet mounted a website is exactly this
> issue of theft. My plan, however, after much through it to do two
> things. First, to have a small copyright notice at the edge of the
> image, and secondly, to have a visible watermark somewhere within the
> image, most like of an embossed shadowed type. If it is in the same
> place on each image, and of the same size and intensity, viewers will
> begin to be able to somewhat ignore it. It isn't a perfect solution,
> but neither is having your best images stolen and used by others
> commercially or otherwise.
>
> Art
> Alex Z wrote:
>
>
>
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