On 13 October, 2015, the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), which is the standards authority for the popular digital image JPG format, met to discuss the future of the prevalent file extension. Their meeting was to determine the necessity of Digital Rights Management or DRM in digital images. Continue reading DRM in a JPEG Image?
How do I copyright a photograph?
I get this question about once a month. That one is pretty easy and straightforward. When you focus your camera, set the exposure and depress the shutter release, you own that photograph. That’s the general rule; copyright begins at the time of creation. If someone wants to use your photo, technically, they have to secure your permission before using it. This has been the case internationally since the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) of 1955.
Sounds great doesn’t it? I wish it worked.
The Digital Lens 