Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick, When you sold this photo to the parents for a minimal fee, did you attach any conditions to the sale? Was the photo marked with your copyright? Bryan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Dykstra" <rdandcb@cybermac.com.au> To: "leica-users" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 5:18 PM Subject: [Leica] My copyright! > Hi Luggers, > > Yesterday, up at the soccer fields, one of the under 6's ran up to me > and said, "Thanks Mister, the photo you took of me was in the > newspaper!" Meaning an action photo of him. > > Well, that's interesting, since I didn't put it in there! > > I saw his dad a few minutes later and mentioned the boy's excitement. > The name of the paper was mentioned. > > So, a local newspaper has reproduced one of my photos, without > permission. It could be that the parents passed the print I sold to > them for a minimal fee to the editor. I'm going to have a little fun > and explore this. > > Who should I sue? The paper, the parents or the six year old? > > The action photos I take end up on coffee cups, T shirts, posters, > calendars, etc, all without my permission, and I'm not that fussed if > its for personal use, but reproducing a photo in a newspaper is another > thing, to my mind. > > How's about I ask them for a fee equalling my reprint price x the > paper's circulation? > > Yippee! > > Rick Dykstra >