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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Mike Sellers on June 03, 2010, 10:17:06 am

Title: Altering Original Copyright
Post by: Mike Sellers on June 03, 2010, 10:17:06 am

If you apply a painterly effect to one of your own copyrighted images do you need to register the new altered file separately?
Mike

Title: Altering Original Copyright
Post by: Monito on June 03, 2010, 11:11:02 am

Quote from: Mike Sellers

If you apply a painterly effect to one of your own copyrighted images do you need to register the new altered file separately?

I do no think so, since everything is derivative of the registered image.

Title: Altering Original Copyright
Post by: JamiePeters on June 05, 2010, 02:32:14 pm

Yes you should since it is a edited version.  Any piece of art or movie anything being reedited should by definition be copyrighted.  But don't go out of the way.  But if you want the image to be protected by the U.S. Copyright and fed protected.  You should do it.  But only images that have intrinsic value really need to be copyrighted.  If there is some value for images or usage in the future or present than Yes you should.  I taught the Smithsonian a very valuable lesson.  Hope this helps Jamie

Title: Altering Original Copyright
Post by: Mike Sellers on June 05, 2010, 02:35:03 pm

Quote from: JamiePeters

Yes you should since it is a edited version.  Any piece of art or movie anything being reedited should by definition be copyrighted.  But don't go out of the way.  But if you want the image to be protected by the U.S. Copyright and fed protected.  You should do it.  But only images that have intrinsic value really need to be copyrighted.  If there is some value for images or usage in the future or present than Yes you should.  I taught the Smithsonian a very valuable lesson.  Hope this helps Jamie

Thanks Jamie-I will play it safe and register them.
Mike