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UnseenWorld · 09-28-2002, 10:24 AM

Just because no one else has explicitly corrected a bit of information from early on: an original creative work is copyrighted from the instant it is in tangible or viewable form. "To copyright" is not an action you have to perform, it is a state a creative work is born into. What you may be referring to is REGISTRATION, which you will need to do in order to pursue damages, though, as I understand it, the fact that you are registering late won't help you much in terms of pursuing damages.

You put the images on a website for anyone to see, so you don't have the avenues of invasion of privacy or defamation, It seems to me, and the police are not profiting off the images, so you have not profits to claim a share of. Furthermore, since one of the people was rearrested, the images are probably now regarded as "evidence" available to anyone through Freedom of Informaton.

I'm no attorney, but it seems to me you got no case.

09-28-2002, 10:24 AM
UnseenWorld Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 5,279	Just because no one else has explicitly corrected a bit of information from early on: an original creative work is copyrighted from the instant it is in tangible or viewable form. "To copyright" is not an action you have to perform, it is a state a creative work is born into. What you may be referring to is REGISTRATION, which you will need to do in order to pursue damages, though, as I understand it, the fact that you are registering late won't help you much in terms of pursuing damages. You put the images on a website for anyone to see, so you don't have the avenues of invasion of privacy or defamation, It seems to me, and the police are not profiting off the images, so you have not profits to claim a share of. Furthermore, since one of the people was rearrested, the images are probably now regarded as "evidence" available to anyone through Freedom of Informaton. I'm no attorney, but it seems to me you got no case. __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.