There are international agreements which some countries are signatories
to. I don't know offhand if Israel is a member or not.
Art
Alex Z wrote:
> :-) Yeah Art, we indeed gaine a lot of knowledge in high-tech field,
> but that doesn't necesserily relates to what you said.
> In Israel protecting intellectual property isn'tquite straight-forward
> thing as it probably would be in US, though our government is still
> working trying to release a well defined lwas in this respect.
> I anyway will check that as you suggested, but I suspect even if there
> is something making me more easily to protect my imaging here, anyone
> outside of my country may steal and will not be liable to any
> panishment since the cpyright will be only valid for domestic action.
> Am I wrong ?
>
> Alex
>
> --- Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>Hi Alex,
>>
>>Israel has a very developed hi-tech industry, and I suspect it also
>>has
>>a good deal of copyright legislation, as a result. You should
>>probably
>>contact your government and see what the legislation looks like.
>>
>>The reason I suggest a visible watermark is that it does not cost you
>>anything (Digimarc is quite costly, as you suggest, and you can
>>decide
>>how large it should be and how obvious. You can create one in PS,
>>which
>>can be subtle enough that it has little effect on the image but still
>>makes it obvious it is yours.
>>
>>Art
>>
>>Alex Z wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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