Copyright (Yours)

[Greg B]

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read. ... e=10287588

There was a copyright discussion on another thread concerning what you can and can't photograph, but this is about protecting your copyright.

The above link is from dpreview, and mentions including a copyright notice in your EXIF data. I haven't checked out how to do it yet, but presumably it won't be difficult.

You guys might already be doing it, but it hadn't occured to me and it is probably a good idea. Plus it will look nifty in the EXIF data!!

cheers
Greg

[birddog114]

Greg,
That link does not work!!!!

[MHD]

Broken link

[Glen]

Hi Greg, I think in Aus we have copyright anyway but to confirm it I turn on image comment which is under the "tools"? menu, (the one with the spanner), it doesn't actually have the copyright symbol (C in a circle) so I just use a C between brackets (c) my name and the year.

Should protect my fortune if someone wants to publish snaps of my godsons birthday party or me drunk etc

[Greg B]

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read. ... e=10287588

Another crack at the link folks.....

[Onyx]

Yep, I've started implementing the copyright notices in my images when I first read about it on Ken Rockwell's D70 review. Only thing is, Fotopic where my images are hosted, automatically marks this as default description for each image (since it's in the comment field of EXIF), so I have to come up with a description for each picture and change it instead of leaving it blank.

[Matt. K]

Copyright belongs to you the moment you take the picture, unless you are employed to take pictures and it is a condition of employment that the copyright belongs to your employer, or you have contracted the copyright to a client. It belongs to you even if you don't put a copyright sign on your pic.

[Onyx]

That's true Matt, but I'd rather anyone who feels the need to mark their photos/images with a copyright do so unobtrusively in EXIF rather than plastering stupid big bold text all over the centre of the image. But that's just me...

[Greg B]

It seems like one of those things where there is a potential benefit and no cost or downside.

I have slipped it in there - now all I need to do is to take photos where protecting my copyright is any kind of issue

[Matt. K]

I agree with you. I tend to stick mine on a border but might investigate putting it into the EXIF. Sounds like a better idea.