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Copyright Protection of Photographs on the Internet
Many amateur and new photographers make the mistake of thinking that once they have taken a picture and uploaded it onto the Internet that copyright protection is immediately gained because they can show ownership of the photos. It is important to take every possible step to improve copyright protection of your photographs especially on the Internet where people often use the images of another website as their own.
The first step in copyright protection of your photographs should be a copyright notice inclusion in a photo. You can even embed the notice in the photograph when displaying it on the Internet. For this purpose include the normal copyright symbol of a C in a circle ©, ensure that you include the year or specific date of the publishing of the picture and also include your name or professional name or business name in the copyright notice.
You can improve the protection by adding the geographical location and where relevant also include the phrase of All Rights Reserved in addition to the mentioned details. Add more protection by adding the word Copyright with the symbol. When selling your pictures over the Internet or to a third party, make sure you provide a list of terms and conditions for usage of the photo. You can assign exclusive rights, one time or transactional rights, all rights, media rights, print and transfer rights. Our experienced team of intellectual property attorneys will be able to assist with the wording of such agreements and terms pages. They will also help you decide which types of rights you will want to be associated with the purchasing of your photos.
Contact us today for assistance regarding copyright protection of your photographs on the Internet or when selling them to a third party.
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