Is it really copyright infringement to scan and/or reproduce school photos of your own child? i know it says it is on the pack but surely the subject owns the copyright to their pictures, not the photographer.
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tin23uk
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Yes, it is. The photographer owns the rights, not the subject. You may not copy the photos; you need to contact the photographer to obtain additional copies.
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It is copyright infringement. The photographer does own the right to the picture. All you own is a copy (or several copies) of the picture. It is no different than a CD. The artist or label owns the copyright. All you own is a copy of the work which can be used for personal use.
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Photographer is guilty for he uses your visage without paying you even a penny.LOL.
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the example of radiohead and prince got me thinking about this. for those that dont know prince did a cover of a radiohead song at a concert, prince fans then uploaded a video of prince singing it to youtube. princes lawyers contacted youtube and asked them to remove the video of their client, which youtube did. radiohead then found out and contacted youtube telling them they had no right to remove the video at the orders of princes laywers because although it was prince singing it is not his song. so i then thought about school pics, how can the photography company tell you what you can and cant do with pics of your child especially given that you didnt sign anything agreeing to them taking the photos and then owning the copyright to them.
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The rights belong to whomever takes the photo. You have to pay him to get copies because HE owns the copyrights.
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Yes.
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Yes, it is highway robbery, but it's the law. Unfortunately, because so many people scan (=steal) the photos the photographers have raised the package prices so the honest parents are paying for those who steal. With three kids getting two sets of school photos each year, I now pay well in excess of $400-$500 a year. If you don't want to pay it, go somewhere like WalMart where they will legally sell you a disk to share your photos electronically.
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Yes it is wrong. You can chose not to buy them and the photographer is not going to send them to his parents or sell them to the highest bidder? That would require a model release from a parent. He will probably never know you scanned them and printed them. You can consider it a donation of his photography services. He only put it on the pack as a bluff anyway, right?
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Its only infringement if you sell the pictures, or use them in some way to make money...like tee shirts or cards.
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