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<blockquote data-quote="SHAkers718" data-source="post: 485594" data-attributes="member: 37805"><p>Based on this thread:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://nikonites.com/photography-business/32078-copyright-usage-rights-suing-money.html#axzz3j67s6i4W" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/photography-business/32078-copyright-usage-rights-suing-money.html#axzz3j67s6i4W</a> </p><p></p><p>I contacted a lawyer to inquire about the cost associated with registering a copyright. The fee he quoted to me was "$385 per work for a <strong>published</strong> work. [. . .] Another option is to file the photos in a single application as a compilation or collection of photos... . However, the compilation or collection must be published together. A publication is a display of the photos to the general public... posted together on a single website page ..." Preferably labeled as a collection under a single title. [Emphasis added].</p><p></p><p>Based on [USER=12496]@WayneF[/USER]'s post that it was easy and inexpensive and also his subsequent post about it costing $35, I googled and found this fee schedule:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://copyright.gov/about/fees.html" target="_blank">Fees| U.S. Copyright Office</a></p><p></p><p>Seems to me the law firm must be charging $350/hr. for their services/expertise. (Would it even take them an hour if this is their specialty?). I have often heard the adage, "a person who acts as their own lawyer has a fool for a client." However, if this is simply a matter of filling out & filing a form correctly & paying a nominal fee... I think I could handle it. And what would you call a collection? My Photos from the 21st Century? So it could encompass as many as possible. Obviously I am not a professional, but I do have dreams/goals! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> And I would like what is rightfully mine to remain so and not to be taken advantage of if on the off-chance there was someone unscrupulous who found something worthwhile in my "collection."</p><p></p><p>Just thought I would add this information as a separate thread since it does not specifically address the question of the OP regarding his recourse for a verbal "contract" of sorts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SHAkers718, post: 485594, member: 37805"] Based on this thread: [url]http://nikonites.com/photography-business/32078-copyright-usage-rights-suing-money.html#axzz3j67s6i4W[/url] I contacted a lawyer to inquire about the cost associated with registering a copyright. The fee he quoted to me was "$385 per work for a [B]published[/B] work. [. . .] Another option is to file the photos in a single application as a compilation or collection of photos... . However, the compilation or collection must be published together. A publication is a display of the photos to the general public... posted together on a single website page ..." Preferably labeled as a collection under a single title. [Emphasis added]. Based on [USER=12496]@WayneF[/USER]'s post that it was easy and inexpensive and also his subsequent post about it costing $35, I googled and found this fee schedule: [url=http://copyright.gov/about/fees.html]Fees| U.S. Copyright Office[/url] Seems to me the law firm must be charging $350/hr. for their services/expertise. (Would it even take them an hour if this is their specialty?). I have often heard the adage, "a person who acts as their own lawyer has a fool for a client." However, if this is simply a matter of filling out & filing a form correctly & paying a nominal fee... I think I could handle it. And what would you call a collection? My Photos from the 21st Century? So it could encompass as many as possible. Obviously I am not a professional, but I do have dreams/goals! ;) And I would like what is rightfully mine to remain so and not to be taken advantage of if on the off-chance there was someone unscrupulous who found something worthwhile in my "collection." Just thought I would add this information as a separate thread since it does not specifically address the question of the OP regarding his recourse for a verbal "contract" of sorts. [/QUOTE]
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