SHAkers718
Senior Member
Based on this thread:
http://nikonites.com/photography-bu...t-usage-rights-suing-money.html#axzz3j67s6i4W
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 published 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 @WayneF's post that it was easy and inexpensive and also his subsequent post about it costing $35, I googled and found this fee schedule:
Fees| U.S. Copyright Office
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.
http://nikonites.com/photography-bu...t-usage-rights-suing-money.html#axzz3j67s6i4W
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 published 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 @WayneF's post that it was easy and inexpensive and also his subsequent post about it costing $35, I googled and found this fee schedule:
Fees| U.S. Copyright Office
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.