Bob Roberts
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I know Fishing Magic has its share of members with a degree of legal understanding and I?d love one of them to clear up a little matter that is perturbing me
Imagine you join a new, so-called ?friendly? club and on your first visit to the water you make a fantastic catch. Let?s say, for instance that you catch numerous carp to 24lb, barbel into double figures and chub topping 5lb. You?re fishing alone so you get one of your new-found ?friends? to take a few photos using your camera. Not his camera mind, it?s YOUR camera he uses.
Who owns the copyright to these photos?
Do you need express permission from the man who pressed the shutter to send them off to, say, the Angling Times? Or send them to friends? Or to stick them on a web site gallery?
If this lovely man then man rings up the Times and insists on payment if the pictures are used, does he have any right to do so?
Maybe he does own the copyright but is it morally defensible to behave in this way towards fellow anglers?
Could he, indeed, photograph your fish, let you return it and then insist you delete the image from the memory card?
Do people like this really exist?
And how would you describe such a person??
Imagine you join a new, so-called ?friendly? club and on your first visit to the water you make a fantastic catch. Let?s say, for instance that you catch numerous carp to 24lb, barbel into double figures and chub topping 5lb. You?re fishing alone so you get one of your new-found ?friends? to take a few photos using your camera. Not his camera mind, it?s YOUR camera he uses.
Who owns the copyright to these photos?
Do you need express permission from the man who pressed the shutter to send them off to, say, the Angling Times? Or send them to friends? Or to stick them on a web site gallery?
If this lovely man then man rings up the Times and insists on payment if the pictures are used, does he have any right to do so?
Maybe he does own the copyright but is it morally defensible to behave in this way towards fellow anglers?
Could he, indeed, photograph your fish, let you return it and then insist you delete the image from the memory card?
Do people like this really exist?
And how would you describe such a person??