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In reply to the discussion: I went viral today! [View all]DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)65. Any lawyer out there.......
Isn't it possible that if someone uses your photo, either you have to agree to allow it being used for free, giving them a signed release, or get paid??????? And regardless, you have to be given credit below the photograph.??????
Seems to me that photo will become an iconic photo and should be worth some money.
And if the photographer doesn't challenge the publisher, then that sets a precedent and anyone can use it for free??????????
I have no idea, and have zero legal knowledge.
Just wondering
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I lived right next to you (I was in Marina Del Rey) when I was going to uni in the US
Celerity
Feb 2023
#9
I know that exactly, we lived in the La Villa Marina townhomes, between the Marina Expressway and
Celerity
Feb 2023
#26
aww, thanks so much for the kind & explanatory reply, I too am at fault for reading too much into it
Celerity
Feb 2023
#78
Great picture! I'm going to have to take a ride down the Harbor Freeway to take a look.
LoisB
Feb 2023
#10