At 9:42 AM -0700 6/16/02, Alan Zinn wrote: > I can't say they are copyrighted - so, >is just the statement "(picture) may not be reproduced (by any means, >blah,blah) without written permission of (the owner)." enough of a legal >claim? No. Not a legal claim to copyright. >Does the term: "(Name), all rights reserved" have any meaning >legally speaking? There is a formula specified in US Copyright law for notification of copyright on intellectual property. It consists of three elements: date, copyright sign (©, or copr. or copyright) and name. Optimally, this info needs to be inseperable from the intellectual property, but often this is difficult to achieve. However, if the work is registered and the thief can be demonstrated to have removed the copyright notification, the owner has proof of infringment - always a good thing. Really, many of the answers to your concerns can be found either on the EP site, http://editorialphoto.com, or at the Library of Congress, which administers the U. S. Copyright Office. -- Emily L. Ferguson elf@cape.com 508-563-6822 New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography Beetle cats on the web at: http://www.beetlecat.com/gft-pics/ef-notes.htm http://www.beetlecat.org/results/99champs.html http://www.beetlecat.org/store.html#yrbook
