Thread: Orphaned Works legislation
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Old 04-28-2008, 08:40 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by sianon View Post
Basically what this legislation means is that as a photographer, unless I register each and every one of my images with a copyright organisation (and pay a fee), my images would be considered an orphaned work. The legislation effectively removes the current status of my owning copyright without the need to register the work.
That's not entirely true. You don't have to register each individual image.You can also register a collection like "Collected works of sianon, 2005 to 2008, X number of peices". This is one fee for the entire collection.
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