Photography Tips : How Do I Copyright My Photography?

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Uploaded by on Nov 30, 2008

Copyrighting a photograph requires that a fee be paid and an application be turned in to the Office of Copyrights in the Library of Congress. Copyright photographs to own their rights for a lifetime plus 70 years with tips from a professional photographer in this free video on photography.

Expert: Anthony Maddaloni
Contact: www.maddaloniphoto.blogspot.com
Bio: Anthony Maddaloni is a professional photographer from Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

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  • okay, so i took a picture of my moms friend and her kid at a picnic and posted them on my facebook and she took it and made prints of it without my permission. is that illegal or was it my fault because facebook is a free for all?

  • You automatically own the copyright on all the works you created, you don't even have to put the (c) on it. And no, you don't lose it wherever you post it, that is nonsense. So for that reason, I completely lost you when you suggested paying a fee to copyright something that is automatically copyrighted the moment it was created. If you have the original raw/neg image, you can always prove your ownership, dead simple. Also, it's impossible to enforce copyright online. I say use Creative Commons.

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  • @crystalxrawr you lost your rights as soon as you posted to facebook.

  • How come when they find a new photo of like Hitler or something they own it? Hitler has been dead for 60 something years!!! and Hitler never copyrighted his photos when he was a baby!!!

  • How come when they find a new photo of like Hitler or something they own it? Hitler has been dead for 60 something years!!!

  • You said it costs 30 dollars to copyright a photo and you can copyright as many images you want for that 30 dollars. Let's say that I copyright a photo now, I would have to pay the 30 dollars now. If I wanted to come back say a month later would I have to pay the 30 dollars again or is it only a one time fee for me?

  • wow 138,000 videos

  • Thanx for ur information mister!

  • @mastertohn Photoshop

  • i need to contact that guy i got a mucho important question!

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