Randy Cassingham's Blog

Posted by Rob Golding (AU) on April 24, 2007:

When my wedding photos were taken, it was under 'worker for hire' conditions and the photographer was reminded, before starting, that all copyrights were ours. Our contract with him required ALL originals and mediums (film, memory, etc) were to be handed over to us on completion.

We did this due to the problems my siblings had with copyright when copies of their weddings were wanted for overseas family.

This was in the early eighties and photographic companies were getting very draconian about copyright and charging exorbitant fees for copies.

One company even tried (but failed, thankfully) to get away with saying private photos taken at one brother's wedding were covered under their copyright! Outrageous, but true.

I now do this for any event, private or public, I host.

Posted by Mike from Dallas on April 25, 2007:

Didn't Microsoft try that for awhile? Try claiming that any material created using their Front Page software automatically made the material to be THEIR copyright?

I remember years ago, working as a broadcast engineer, having to sign a contract that all intellectual material created by me remained the property of the TV station and its owners. Okay, I might see that when it came to my work on their time. But it applied even to work on my own personal time at home. Additionally, it applied to ALL intellectual material, not just material relevant to my job in the TV industry. Granted, if I found a cure for cancer, and the TV station tried to claim it belonged to them, I could fight it in court and possibly win. But at what cost to me in both money AND time?

Posted by Paul, Painted Post on January 14, 2008:

How about round three of the NFL vs. the "Thou Shalt" show the Super Bowl in 2008? Any further info?

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I haven't heard anything about any changes for 2008. -rc

Posted by Ana, USA on October 30, 2009:

About the copyright part: NFL isn't the only company that complains about unauthorized use or even 'fair use' of their material on YouTube and Dailymotion and sites like that. MLB Advanced Media is way worse with their material. They don't allow even a second of MLB footage dating back to the 1970s or thereabouts to be posted on YouTube. Meanwhile, people are trying to post the whole game or even sell it on pirated DVD and THAT is much worse!