Re: Watermark on photo of a photo

Elson Elizaga <elson@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:52:45 +0800



    Here is a webpage that shows photos in Museo de Oro in my place:

    
http://www.cdodev.com/2014/06/14/history-watch-more-old-photos-of-cagayan-de-oro/

    
    The photos are owned by Museo de Oro. A man photographed them and
    put them in cdodev.com. The photos are also watermarked
    "CDOdev.com". When I wrote a complaint about this practice, one
    photographer explained that although the original photo is owned by
    Museo de Oro, the photos of these photos are made by CDOdev.com and
    deserves to be watermarked because these copies are owned by
    CDOdev.com.

    
    On 8/20/2014 6:37 PM, John Palcewski
      wrote:

    
      Obviously if you copy the work of someone else and
        claim it's your own, that's simple theft.  
      

        On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Elson
          Elizaga <elson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
          wrote:

          Don't know
            if this has been discussed before.

            
            If you make a photo of an original photo, who owns copyright
            of the second photo? Is it ethical or legal to put a
            watermark on the second photo to indicate that it is
            "yours"?