Here's a good article on the subject:
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/02/yearbook_scanning_project_a_tough_test_for_classmatescom.html
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Patricia Savage <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You might want to contact Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts,
> www.vlany.org/index.php.
>
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> Patricia Savage
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> On 1/25/11 8:44 AM, Jeremy Swan wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure the photographer should hold some kind of copyright.
> Classmates isn't giving it away for free, and is charging for access. I
> would think it's unethical and probably illegal.
> I'm not a copyright lawyer though...
> -Jeremy
>
> On Jan 25, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Pam Little <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Stephen, I might be wrong, but I believe that your school would have been
> considered the publisher of the year book, and therefore the copyright
> holder.
>
> I too did an initial signup with Classmates and continue to get their emails
> to see who's looking for me, but I'm a cheapskate also, and more
> importantly, don't want to give them any more personal information.
>
> Cheers,
> Pam
>
> On 1/24/2011 4:42 PM, stephen dicerbo wrote:
>
> Ok, most of you would know that I have some definite strong feelings
> about copyright infringement.
>
>
> Here's a new twist on the copyright issue that has hit me personally, one I
> never would have imagined...
>
> Have any of you had contact with (in the sense of email solicitation) for a
> pay website for your high school alma mater? This particular site is called
> "Classmates.com"
>
> I have for a long time now, and as much as would like to access information
> about my high school associates, and what they are up these days, the
> cheapskate in me prevents me from paying for a site membership.
>
> Previously, I had provide some info to the site, but it turn out to be a
> lure as I was stopped short of accessing information about folks
> supposedly looking to make contact, unless I paid for it... fair enough
>
>
> Today I got one of their solicitation emails with a new "Lure" They
> simply stated " We have been busy uploading thousands of class yearbooks,
> and the Mont Pleasant High 1974 yearbook is available for your viewing...
>
> go to the preview page..... and get ready to discover the surprises"
>
>
> "What???" I thought...... sure enough, I was previewing a few pages
> from my junior year yearbook, resplendent with its god awful 70's design
> cover (our editor Chris settled on a tasteless one there....)
>
> after page eleven, the size of the scans reduced, and the comment came up..
> Want to see them full size???? buy the Gold membership!!!! but I am
> able to continue previewing the yearbook in diminutive size.
>
>
> Here's the thing..... THIS IS MY YEARBOOK!!! Seriously, folks I
> was the sports editor and one of 5 photographers for our yearbook staff..
> over 30% of these images came from my Minolta.. all the sports pics, the
> team pics, the pep rallies (YAH!) , all the pics of my friends with their
> Yashicas, Canons, Nikons. the girls that caught my eye, etc.... I was in
> about 6-8 extra curricular clubs and teams pictures.... I had a bigger
> presence in this book than I did in my Senior yearbook.
>
> upper right hand corner of page 11 is a candid of my back facing the
> camera, while I was next to our yearbook editor, Chris in the yearbook room
> upper right hand corner of page 17 is a candid of me and Cindy working an
> experiment in the Statics lab
> on the double page spread pages 62/63 of the Mountaneer (yearbook) Staff,
> in the upper right hand side of page 62 is yours truly posing as the sports
> editor.. just below that on page 62, and to the left, is a pic of my boys,
> the 4 other photographers Mark, Dan, Billy, and Louie
> there are many more images I am in, but more important are the pics I took
>
> On every page, there may be at least 1-2 pics that I took....
>
>
> OK, you get the idea....
>
> As the Photographer who took all these great shots of happy mid seventies
> high school life, Have my copyrights to the photos been infringed upon?
> I certainly do feel insulted that I am being asked to pay to see them, on
> top of it all...
> (not that I need to........ I have the damned book upstairs)
>
> I do not know if you'all can access what I am privy to, but I will include
> a link to the yearbook...
>
> I am curious as to what your comments might be in regard to this unusual
> situation which we never covered in Art business class.
>
> not sure how to feel
>
> http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/83502/83502?s=email&e_prod=YBNW&e_date=102610&e_ver=B&e_slot=M1&e_content=A2&e_target=CM4578&e_sub=&fromEmail=true&hitwiseSegment=free
>
> Stephen
>
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