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Photo recognition

  • 17-02-2014 10:22am
    #1
    fatherted1969
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭


    Just a quick question and i think i probably know the answer. I take pictures for my local club and took some at a game over weekend. What i'd usually do is put one or two on their social media page and then put a note to say the rest can be viewed on their club website. One of the pics i put on their social media page has been cropped and it looks like it may be picked up by various different pages or local media. I don't really mind but if their was credit given for it i'd like my name given and not the person that copied it. Any views from people that would know about this would be appreciated


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  • #2
    ado100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭ado100


    Well fatherted1969 (if that's your real name!) - unfortunately, this is the huge problem with social media - there is a commonly held belief that anything posted on Facebook is fair game to be used by anyone, anywhere.

    I mostly shoot off-road cycling events and, in order to get a bit of a following, I used to post my photos to Facebook so that competitors could use my images as profile pics or for their blogs as long as I got a credit. Inevitably it was only a matter of time before newspapers and web sites got hold of a few and ran them without my permission, so that put an end to the Facebook thing. Now I have a dedicated site where people can view and purchase prints or downloads but all the images are watermarked until paid for - I just post one shot on Facebook directing people to my web site. There are a couple of talented youngsters that I will give my photos to FOC for their blogs, but the media have to contact me and pay to get my photos. Getting a credit in your local paper is all well and good, but it doesn't pay for your time, talent or equipment.


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