[Leica] Flickr and Photographers

[Nathan Wajsman]

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Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator

YNWA













On 28 Nov 2014, at 06:39, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:

> I bet the problem is that Flickr has a Creative Common if you don't specify
> one by default :-)
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> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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>> Your legal rights are completely independent of whether or not you put a
>> copyright statement or watermarks on the photos. If you post the photo on
>> the web, by default you own the copyright unless you explicitly choose
>> Creative Commons or some other non-traditional licensing. There is no
>> requirement to register the copyright either, which is makes this right
>> different from other IP rights such as trademarks or patents. However, if
>> you want to bring legal action against an infringer, then the copyright
>> must be registered (this applies to the US, may be different in other
>> jurisdictions).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> 
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>> 
>> YNWA
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>> On 27 Nov 2014, at 23:51, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
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>>> I do not use Flickr, but this is a non-issue per se: just mark your
>> photos
>>> copyright to yourself or if you creative common, just make sure that it's
>>> non-commercial use.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Lluis Ripoll <
>>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi Leo,
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you again! I will take a look on it, I know something about it but
>>>> not enough.
>>>> 
>>>> Have a happy Thanksgiving Day!
>>>> Lluis
>>>> 
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>>>> El 27/11/2014, a las 23:35, Leowesson <leowesson at gmail.com> escribió:
>>>> 
>>>>> Lluis,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think that the best, cheapest and most secure site is SmugMug.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Leo Wesson
>>>>> leowesson.com
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 27, 2014, at 16:52, Lluis Ripoll <
>>>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you Leo, I will take a look to other Services but what I will do
>>>> in the meantime is put my watermark still more visible ... and ugly...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Lluis
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