steve harley wrote: >on 2013-05-03 9:16 John Sessoms wrote >> From: Mark Roberts >>> Surely that's not a serious question? The answer is that you put them >>> all in a zip file and upload them all at once. I do several thousand >>> per registration. It's simple, easy and costs 35 bucks. >> >> You do have to separate out the published images from the unpublished ones. >> >> http://asmp.org/content/registration-counts > >indeed, that can be a big obstacle; in addition to print, i understand that >any >photo that has ever been on the web, been shown in a commercial gallery, or >entered a public collection has been "published"; as archivist for my dad's >work, i am sure most of it is unpublished, but i'll never be sure exactly >which >have images been published; it's not safe to declare an image unpublished in >the absence of certainty, because someone who is in possession of a print >purchased in the 60s essentially has proof of publication, and since the >copyright was not renewed, i believe the early "published" images have entered >the public domain
Selling of a print is not "publication". Neither is showing in a commercial gallery. From the U.S. Copyright office: "A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication." You can safely register an image as unpublished even if there is "someone who is in possession of a print purchased in the 60s". There is even some question of whether showing an image on your own web site constitutes publication, though I don't think it's been tested in court yet. The ASMP people have told me that the Copyright Office seems open to removing the distinction between published and unpublished images entirely, but again this requires an act by congress so don't hold your breath. I just register my images before "publishing" them, even on the web. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
