Posting jpeg photos

[Daniel B. Wheeler]

basidium at aol.com (Basidium) wrote in message news:<20010612193858.11963.00003618 at ng-fc1.aol.com>...
> >With regard to copyright, I believe that your declaration that the photo
> >is yours is enough for copyright to apply. 
> 
> Indeed; contrary to what most people believe, anyone who creates an original
> creative work, be it prose or poetry, artwork, photography, etc., can and ought
> to post a copyright notice ("Copyright (c) [year] by [name]") on it any time
> s/he "publishes" it, including posting to a website or even an internet
> newsgroup.
> 
> Copyright registration is another matter; in most cases, there is not much
> point to paying the registration fee until/unless one is quite confident that
> the creation in question is going to be published.
> David W. Fischer
> Coauthor, "Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America" and
>    "Mushrooms of Northeastern North America"
> E-mail: basidium at aol.com
> Website: http://members.aol.com/mycology

OTOH, sending myself a copy of the jpegs on a floppy through the mail
also establishes a time that they were created and can be used as
evidence in a legal trial. (Plus, it's quite a bit cheaper than paying
the registration fee. <G>)

Thanks for the help group! My website is currently undergoing
extensive revision. Hope to have a couple of galleries with some of
the truffles I've uncovered shortly.

Daniel B. Wheeler
www.oregonwhitetruffles.com