Copyright Query

[mayneway]

I know copyright laws are quite complex and can be a grey area but i have a small query.

If i buy a photo from a stall at a bus rally, and decide i dont want it can i list it on Ebay without breaking any copyright rules.

The reason i ask is alot of photo's often have stamped on the back 'must not be uploaded onto any internet sites'. Now im presuming this really means uploading to sites like Fotopic and Flikr and passing them off as your own,but is listing a photo on ebay breaking copyright laws?

[holland1987]

I don't know. I think some people take this copyright business too far.

[kendall17]

Its your item, you own it, cant you do what you like with it?

[Jamie]

Its down to the Terms and Conditions of sale.. I've been caught with a purchase on ebay few years ago but tracked the author and got authorisation to use the photos.

[BusNut]

A lot of people seem to think that because they are the original propierter, they own the copyright to the photo, this however is WRONG. Most images on the internet are not Copyrighted, unless the person actually pays for this to be done through the national organisation within the UK. This is why most of these "Copyright" notices you see on the net, are in actual fact invalid...

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[billycarne]

if you reference the photographer who took the photo then you should be fine. and state thats it wasn't you who took it.