Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bet the problem is that Flickr has a Creative Common if you don't specify one by default :-) On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > 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 > > 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 27 Nov 2014, at 23:51, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > 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: > > > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> El 27/11/2014, a las 23:35, Leowesson <leowesson at gmail.com> escribi?: > >> > >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits