Copyright
All photos on here are done by me, unless otherwise stipulated, which means I have the copyright. Oh and the poems are too, unless identified. Just so you know as copyright of materials is a bit of a sore point for me at the moment.
A supposed friend kindly agreed to give us our wedding photos as a gift. It was a mutually beneficial thing as she was wanting to start a business taking professional photos and it was a chance for her and her partner came to the wedding as guests.
They came, they ate, they took the pics, they let us pay for their hotel so they would not be too out of pocket and then they decided to cash in (their new house move cost more than expected). Can you believe it?!
And we have no legal rights whatsoever. as that it was a wedding present was not put in writing. As if you would say to your wedding guests: Can you please put that in writing that you are giving us the photos as a present? They have all the rights to all our photos and we just have to pay for them and never have a digital copy of the pics. And the photos are pretty crap anyway.
Why would anyone want a record of someone else's most intimate moments of happiness and deny that person the right?
There, so it's off my chest now. I think I have moved on. No more moaning as have already been through the rage, embarrassment, frustration, sadness... etc....
So here's to creative expression and the joyous sharing of it and other people's happiness. Amen
A supposed friend kindly agreed to give us our wedding photos as a gift. It was a mutually beneficial thing as she was wanting to start a business taking professional photos and it was a chance for her and her partner came to the wedding as guests.
They came, they ate, they took the pics, they let us pay for their hotel so they would not be too out of pocket and then they decided to cash in (their new house move cost more than expected). Can you believe it?!
And we have no legal rights whatsoever. as that it was a wedding present was not put in writing. As if you would say to your wedding guests: Can you please put that in writing that you are giving us the photos as a present? They have all the rights to all our photos and we just have to pay for them and never have a digital copy of the pics. And the photos are pretty crap anyway.
Why would anyone want a record of someone else's most intimate moments of happiness and deny that person the right?
There, so it's off my chest now. I think I have moved on. No more moaning as have already been through the rage, embarrassment, frustration, sadness... etc....
So here's to creative expression and the joyous sharing of it and other people's happiness. Amen
posted by Beth @ 8:45 pm
1 Comments:
At 11:03 pm,
Anonymous said…
Thanks for your support and love across the planet, Trish. It's kind of got past the desire for legal action because frankly the photos were pretty crap we had some nice friends who took some even better pics on the day. I agree re Karma and I think it is already happening to her. Don't worry about it honey. Worse things could happen and memories live in the heart anyway. Lucky I'm not attached that much to material things these days! How was the wedding????.
PS You can still send Annie round if you win the lottery. Better still, why not pop round yourself for a nice roast beef and cherry or apple pie with custard!
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