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From: "Larry N. Bolch" 
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Subject: Re: out of left field
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karen.wattie{at}fanciful.org known by followers as "the Wise", thus proclaimed
unto all the People:

> -> Personally, this is a relatively new arena but I wouldn't treat it any
> -> differently than had it been taken with a Leica, Hasselblad, or Rollei.
> -> What's for sale is your adaptation of a particular view or event, not
> the -> equipment used to capture it.  
> ->
> I agree, but I feel I have more control selling a print than a digital
> file.  I guess I'd need some sort of contract for sure, that says it's to
> be used only for that specific purpose.  It would go to a man in another
> country (yours) where I'd have less chance of knowing what's really
> happening with the image than I do when it's used locally.  This offer
> came out of left field, as the subject line says....totally unexpected.

A lot of photo business is based upon good faith and trust. It simply is not
worth the time and effort to try to track the usage of all your images, if
you are selling regularly. You accept that most users are honest. Now if you
happen across your image in an unexpected place - a client passed it along
to another user without your permission - a letter pointing this out, along
with a substantial invoice usually gets results. The law is definitely
stacked to favor the copyright holder. With current law, the moment you have
shot the image, you have automatically copyrighted it.

larry!
ICQ 76620504
http://www.larry-bolch.com/

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