Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did you register the image with the Office of Copyright? If not I wouldn't go too far in seeking reparations but I would poke the editors at the paper and remind the parents that they only get display rights with your handouts. Have fun with it! Bill Franson At 10:18 AM 06/25/2000 +1000, you wrote: >Hi Luggers, > >Yesterday, up at the soccer fields, one of the under 6's ran up to me >and said, "Thanks Mister, the photo you took of me was in the >newspaper!" Meaning an action photo of him. > >Well, that's interesting, since I didn't put it in there! > >I saw his dad a few minutes later and mentioned the boy's excitement. >The name of the paper was mentioned. > >So, a local newspaper has reproduced one of my photos, without >permission. It could be that the parents passed the print I sold to >them for a minimal fee to the editor. I'm going to have a little fun >and explore this. > >Who should I sue? The paper, the parents or the six year old? > >The action photos I take end up on coffee cups, T shirts, posters, >calendars, etc, all without my permission, and I'm not that fussed if >its for personal use, but reproducing a photo in a newspaper is another >thing, to my mind. > >How's about I ask them for a fee equalling my reprint price x the >paper's circulation? > >Yippee! > >Rick Dykstra >