i know its been talked about before but.....

nicknackgtb

hi guys,

I took a picture not so long ago of a car get together. I then posted this up on the clubs website that held the get together.

Now, i posted up my pics on the site itself for all to see of what happened and waht was at the gathering. now more recently, i have been made aware that there was an article in the paper using one of my photos.

The tricky part is, im not sure if one of the lads off the site gave the news paper my photo, or did they take the photo themselves. i have been reading the rest of the articles about copyright and am sure i could get something if the paper took it themselves. but the fact that one of the people from the site may have given it to them, does that mean that its none of the papers business as your man gave them the pic? and they wouldnt care about royalties at this stage?

Just looking for a bit of advice on getting paid or credit.

Thank you!! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

melekalikimaka

was it theirs to give?

nicknackgtb

melekalikimaka wrote: »

was it theirs to give?

no, i posted it up so everyone on the site could see.

i just found out that he did not give the photo to them so they took it off the net themselves. now its not even a great photo but the fact was that i took it and afaik, my name isint on it anywhere. Im just going to have to get the article myself and have a look and from there what do you think? strongly worded letter and demand payment or what?

Pictures were only taken from the start of this month.

challengemaster

Your picture was used, you have the copyrights to that picture. You're owed royalties for its usage in the paper. Doesn't matter if Jesus christ himself handed them the photo on a DVD, they should have gotten your permission first of all.

Fire off an invoice stating the image that was used (page, etc), the date of the paper, and a nice little figure. If they refuse to pay, get a letter from your solicitor / etc.

nicknackgtb

challengemaster wrote: »

Your picture was used, you have the copyrights to that picture. You're owed royalties for its usage in the paper. Doesn't matter if Jesus christ himself handed them the photo on a DVD, they should have gotten your permission first of all.

Fire off an invoice stating the image that was used (page, etc), the date of the paper, and a nice little figure. If they refuse to pay, get a letter from your solicitor / etc.

ok i hear you. just a few, prob easy, but im not sure of the answers:

How much would i get for one of my photos?
i heard on another post that someone should charge maybe 200 euro's for taking it without permission.

I have my photo's up on photobucket.com. I have not copyrighted them in anyway on this program, but the date and all the general details are up on that. Can i go and copyright them somehow from this now? or for definate are they copyrighted from the time i shot them?

If i am invoicing the paper, do I have to be a sole trader in order to be able to issue this or can i put it down to it being a hobby or how do i do it?

Thanks again for the replys

soccerc

nicknackgtb wrote: »

I have my photo's up on photobucket.com

That could be your problem unless the album of your images is private.

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