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DianePern
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What is the name of your state? IL
If someone were to be taking a public sporting event photo that I took in and reproducing it in multiples (with some cropping), then getting them signed by the athlete(s) and reselling the (now) autographed photos, are they infringing on my copyright of the original photo, or have they 'altered' the photo enough (by way of some cropping and getting it autographed) so as to not be bound by copyright laws?
My second question is essentially the same, but applies to a 'collage' of photos (with some cropping) put together into one picture, then getting it signed and reselling it.
I don't know if this makes sense, or if it 'applies', but I have been having a 'debate' with colleagues as to whether the person is selling a photo with an autograph, or if they are selling an autograph on a photo -- I don't know if it really matters in the whole copyright scheme of things...
Any help you can give to potentially clarify this matter is greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
DP
If someone were to be taking a public sporting event photo that I took in and reproducing it in multiples (with some cropping), then getting them signed by the athlete(s) and reselling the (now) autographed photos, are they infringing on my copyright of the original photo, or have they 'altered' the photo enough (by way of some cropping and getting it autographed) so as to not be bound by copyright laws?
My second question is essentially the same, but applies to a 'collage' of photos (with some cropping) put together into one picture, then getting it signed and reselling it.
I don't know if this makes sense, or if it 'applies', but I have been having a 'debate' with colleagues as to whether the person is selling a photo with an autograph, or if they are selling an autograph on a photo -- I don't know if it really matters in the whole copyright scheme of things...
Any help you can give to potentially clarify this matter is greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
DP