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02/24/2012 12:50:14 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:
Not to steal this thread, but can you post the website in which you registered your copyright as well? thank you =) |
US Copyright Office
You can download forms/publications in PDF format, and they now have an electronic registration system as well, though I'm less familiar with the specifics of how that works.
You can register many pictures at once (for one fee), as long as they have a collective title, and are all either "published" or "unpublished" works (not mixed together); see the site for the details of what that means ...
Registering Your Copyright -- Why Should You? (see  Skip's introductory post)
Message edited by author 2012-02-24 12:52:50. |
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02/24/2012 02:59:35 PM · #27 |
| Last week my kids found this shot being offered as free wallpaper on DeviantArt with nearly 3000 downloads... and also available as prints. I had licensed the image to a zoo in Florida one time in 2007, and that's the high res file that found its way onto the internet. Grrrrr! |
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02/24/2012 02:59:39 PM · #28 |
I just happened to be bored and wanted to see what was out there, as it seems mostly taken from 1X, 10 pages of results came back, I used the Google Image. FAB thing!!!
General beat me to it with the website.
I did electronic way as it seemed to be faster by 3 odd months, but you get bored fairly easy after downloading each photo individualy. I think the next time I am going to put them all on a CD, becuase I *****think**** you can put as many of them as you want and it is still $35 |
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02/24/2012 03:10:35 PM · #29 |
| Anyone have any idea what would be a reasonable amount to ask for? |
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02/24/2012 03:19:18 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by JulietNN:
... I *****think**** you can put as many of them as you want and it is still $35 |
I think the fee is a bit higher for submission on physical media, but yes, you can put an entire "collection" onto a disc (I assume these days you can use a DVD - 4GB worth) as long as they are all either published or unpublished. Something like "YourName: Collected Photographs, Oct-Dec, 2011" (as if you submitted each calendar quarter) would work.
I *believe* you can also resize them down, so long as they remain recognizable. My pictures are kind of small anyway, but I use IrfanView to batch-resize them down to 25% of the original size (just about the same as a DPC entry) which gets almost all of them under 500KB, and it preserves the EXIF data, which I have programmed to contain a copyright notice and my mailing address. If I was really clever, I'd also program IrfanView to batch-process the IPTC data as well -- more room to include contact info there, and can tag the image as copyrighted in Photoshop. |
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02/24/2012 03:46:11 PM · #31 |
A few things from my experience:
1) If they turn out to be in a different country your job is much harder. You will need to talk to someone by phone and you will be somewhat dependent on their willingness to play ball otherwise it gets expensive for you.
2) Registering in the US isn't going to necessarily help you in other countries. Sure you could win a settlement in the US, but only with lawyers and how are you going to collect?
Job #1 is to find the company.
Job #2 is to contact someone, alert them of your intentions, let them know you are willing to work out a reasonable settlement, and then reel them in slowly. If you act like the ass or they sense you are really sticking it to them they will dig their heels in and then you will need to hire someone in another country to represent you.
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02/24/2012 03:51:21 PM · #32 |
| Looks like the seller is Svetlana Dvoreckaya. You can google that and find she has a bunch of aps and may be in Russia. Good luck! I think your job may be hard getting money, but you could likely complain to the Ap store and have the ad taken down. |
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04/14/2012 06:50:47 AM · #33 |
| So, has anything happened? Are you now rich beyond your wildest dreams? |
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