Wedding Photos We'll All Remember (Part 3)

amen, Doctor G. quit your barking, everyone. If you don't like it, do something about it. I have been shooting weddings for 15 years. Can I control everything that happens to all my images? Of course I can't. I have better things to do than sit around and boo-hoo over it. A Boston news channel once did a segment on destination weddings featuring a wedding I shot in the Bahmas. A whole bunch of my images were shown on t.v.as they interviewed the couple. Sandals got a plug, the travel agent who planned their wedding got a plug. The groom asked the news channel if they could mention his photographer they said no. why? I'm still not sure but I was happy to see my work on t.v. I don't have time to cry over it or to pursue something legal. My work is to be enjoyed by others, to be shared. That is why I am a photographer. It's not all about ME. My couple was happy they were shown on tv, so I was satisfied with that. life's too short.

According to the “Digital Millennium Act” the site is not liable for activities of its members. This is the ISP exception i.e. service providers (in this case providers of a publishing vehicle) are not responsible for checking possible copyright infringements of all the content being published on their site. If a formal infringement notice is served, the site is obligated to take the content down, but the burden of policing this is not on the site. User’s comments do not constitute a formal infringement notice. If you guys feel that the content infringes your copyright, you should contact the site with an infringement notice.

Fabulous photos! I found my photographer through the WPJA last year and had great results, although none of them were as funny as these.

Interesting argument, Peter, but more appropriate for a bar debate (what does what kind of camera was used to take a picture have to do with anything?!). Carl's right, this is infringement in the eyes of the law -- whether the law's right or not, and that's not really a matter of opinion, unless you happen to be a Circuit Court judge. Where he's wrong is in that it's your fault -- it's the Web site that's responsible, again, in the eyes of the law & I'll betcha if they happen onto this thread, that'll be the end of it.

This may help your understanding of the laws (which are predominantly global): http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html Providing links to the photos would have been within acceptable and legal standards. Also, know that when a photographer shoots a public or social scene for an editorial or informative purpose, they do not need model releases. If that photo is taken out of context, however, as it is here, or is used by someone else for entertainment or profit, it becomes another matter, and one that you, not the original photographer, becomes liable for.

Yes, I call it infringement, And so do the US Copyright laws. Just because a photo is on the web somewhere doesn't give anybody the right to grab it and post it on their site without permission, particularly if that sight is an advertising vehicle. Check the laws yourself.

Ok, leyt's get this straight, You take a picture of any one or any thing you want,ask no permission,(YOU MIGHT BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO), then you you post it,(LEND IT, SELL IT, GIVE IT OUT) but you cry for credit when someone appreciates it and uses it and doesn't credit you? What film did you use? What make of camera? What are the names of all the people in your shoot? Ahh, you're an artist,you can take ones picture and do with it what you will! Well if I take a picture of your picture and call it "Picture of a picture" and subsequently win the Noble prize for being an idiot, to whom do I write the check. And by the way, which picture, of these works of art, is the cause for your claim of infringement?? PS.. I'm not even English but I know the meaning of the word "Cheeky"

The "Memorable Wedding Photos" in this section are fun to look at. However, these photographs are being used without the authorization of the creators, which is a breach of copyright. I know this because one of my photographs is part of a larger collection of photos from which the photos on your site were taken. I question how you can post other people's photographs without their authorization. I know that I gave nobody any authorization to use mine. And the few people I spoke with, whose photographs appear on this and the other sites, gave no such authorization, including the organization you attribute the photos to. You do at least attribute the photos to the creator, but permission should be sought and the individual creators should have the final say. Certainly if you are going to use the photos on what looks like a commercially driven site, the least you should do is give a hotlink to the creators website: http://www.carlwalshweddings.com