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>From: John Sessoms <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: OT Is The UK Government Trying To Kill Off Photographers
>
>From: Walt
>> On 5/2/2013 4:08 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>>> Stan Halpin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting. The breathless hysteria of the blog was a bit off-putting
>>> That's an understatement. This law applies to "orphan works", works
>>> whose creator cannot be found. Removing metadata is unethical for
>>> online providers and stupid for photographers but it's hardly the only
>>> way to find the creator of a work. In most cases it will only take
>>> about a minute of searching on tineye.com or similar site to shoot
>>> down most claims of "I couldn't find him".
>>>
>>> That said, my policies are:
>>>
>>> * Don't ever upload (or link to - read your TOS!) anything larger than
>>> a thumbnail to any free hosting/sharing site.
>>>
>>> * Don't put any photo online that isn't labeled with proper metadata
>>> and a visible watermark.
>>>
>>> * Don't bitch about how people should respect your copyright unless
>>> *you* respect your copyright enough to *register* it with the
>>> appropriate agency (in the U.S. it's www.copyright.gov)
>>>
>> The process of registering copyrights for photos is an abominably
>> antiquated pain in the ass. If there are any agencies in the US federal
>> government that needs reform -- and there are plenty -- the Copyright
>> office is one of them.
>>
>> I mean, how the hell does one register a copyright on all their images
>> in an era when people take hundreds at a time?
>>
>> Mark, when you're done writing your book and finished with the annual, I
>> think you should craft copyright reform legislation -- because you'll be
>> needing something to do, and I don't know how.
>>
>
>ASMP has had simplified copyright reform legislation for photography
>before Congress for several years now. I don't know why Congress won't
>act on it.
Politics, lobbyists, the usual.
>... although I have my suspicions..
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