How ridiculous?!
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Are they photos taken by a professional photographer? If so that's pretty standard although not always enforced. Some photographers will offer to sell the copyright so you can print your own, because they obviously lose out significantly not being able to sell you prints/books etc. if all they've done is take the photos and give you the memory card.
If the photos are your own ask for the originals and tell them to keep all the prints and go elsewhere.
If the photos are your own ask for the originals and tell them to keep all the prints and go elsewhere.
Well done to tesco IMO. I know its frustrating so i do sympathise. But when i used to work in a photo lab the number of people who came to get pro shots copied, or low res images taken from samples/facebook/demo discs, sometimes with a watermark on(!) to print out, was amazing. They were usually very annoyed when we told them we wouldn't do it either.
To be fair, Tesco should have mentioned when you placed the order. Furthermore the person who printed them would have been able to see the resolution. If they were full res we normally assumed that the person had permission to copy them.
To be fair, Tesco should have mentioned when you placed the order. Furthermore the person who printed them would have been able to see the resolution. If they were full res we normally assumed that the person had permission to copy them.
Are they photos taken by a professional photographer? If so that's pretty standard although not always enforced. Some photographers will offer to sell the copyright so you can print your own, because they obviously lose out significantly not being able to sell you prints/books etc. if all they've done is take the photos and give you the memory card.
If the photos are your own ask for the originals and tell them to keep all the prints and go elsewhere.
If the photos are your own ask for the originals and tell them to keep all the prints and go elsewhere.
I understand that this would be the case if the wedding took place in the UK and if the photographs were taken by a photographer residing in the UK. However, the wedding took place in Mexico and the photographs were taken by a Mexican photographer to whom we paid extra money to for a CD of all photographs taken. I'm pretty sure that the shop assistant is not qualified in Mexican copyright law, so what qualifies her to refuse us collecting our prints?!
We're not ripping anybody off, we're just trying to get some reprints done for family.
We're not ripping anybody off, we're just trying to get some reprints done for family.
unfortunately unless you have it in writing (ownership of copyright) it doesn't mean a thing.
To be honest far to many photographs are just used by people because they either a) don't now copyright law (basically if I took the photo I own the copyright) so they use them in any case. or b) just use them regardless. Lots of examples of both on this website.
To be honest far to many photographs are just used by people because they either a) don't now copyright law (basically if I took the photo I own the copyright) so they use them in any case. or b) just use them regardless. Lots of examples of both on this website.
Oh FFS - since when has Tesco been the self appointed copyright police? If the pics were valuable or highly unusual (alien landing in Basingstoke , Elvis in chip shop, Eddie Jordan without his suspect hair ) then it might be sensible to check but wedding photos ...Applying the same logic as when they ask my wife (born in the fifties, if well preserved )'are you 18 ?' when we restock with booze. And asked quite seriously too.This will be the same Tesco who happily used to sell cassette tapes would it for recording medley tapes ? Will they also try to stop me photocopying my old school pictures from 1968 ?
coppice said:
Oh FFS - since when has Tesco been the self appointed copyright police? If the pics were valuable or highly unusual (alien landing in Basingstoke , Elvis in chip shop, Eddie Jordan without his suspect hair ) then it might be sensible to check but wedding photos ...Applying the same logic as when they ask my wife (born in the fifties, if well preserved )'are you 18 ?' when we restock with booze. And asked quite seriously too.This will be the same Tesco who happily used to sell cassette tapes would it for recording medley tapes ? Will they also try to stop me photocopying my old school pictures from 1968 ?
I'd play them at their own game. I'd write a letter from a mate, and get him to sign it, saying that the copywrite of all pictures of my wedding belong to me. Squishey said:
I paid for a package from the photographer. The package included his time, an album and a CD of all the photos that he'd taken of our wedding. I asked whether they were copyright protected and he said that they were not.
We have had reprints done by this store before.
Your photographer was wrong then.We have had reprints done by this store before.
Mexican copyright law is that the copyright owner is, in this case, the photographer and that copyright can be transferred but it must be in writing.
Tesco were correct to refuse to reprint the images regardless of whether you have done so there before or not.
awager said:
Squishey said:
I paid for a package from the photographer. The package included his time, an album and a CD of all the photos that he'd taken of our wedding. I asked whether they were copyright protected and he said that they were not.
We have had reprints done by this store before.
Your photographer was wrong then.We have had reprints done by this store before.
Mexican copyright law is that the copyright owner is, in this case, the photographer and that copyright can be transferred but it must be in writing.
Tesco were correct to refuse to reprint the images regardless of whether you have done so there before or not.
Photographers doing weddings should just charge more if they care.
Because, shock horror, people can buy a photo quality printer for £100 anyway, if they care to print copies illegally.
And given that those with high res jpg doing this will likely have implied consent anyway, as oooodles of photographers provide, then even less of an issue imo.
Go elsewhere, or buy a scanner printer combo and DIY.
Because, shock horror, people can buy a photo quality printer for £100 anyway, if they care to print copies illegally.
And given that those with high res jpg doing this will likely have implied consent anyway, as oooodles of photographers provide, then even less of an issue imo.
Go elsewhere, or buy a scanner printer combo and DIY.
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