Local McD's used my pictures...

Viva-photography wrote in post #10662299
whoops. not according to what i found.

You don't understand. You can send an invoice for ANY AMOUNT without registering a copyright. If they pay that amount, you've essentially settled without getting any lawyers involved.

If they don't pay and you want to take them to court, the amount you can be rewarded will be determined by a judge according to the copyright law and will depend on the registration status of the image(s).

Oh. I see now. Sorry.

There is a lot of mis-information being tossed around. Don't rely on the advice given here, even if in good faith. Contact an IP attorney and follow their advice on how to proceed. They will all say one thing for sure, DON'T send an invoice, and DON'T discuss any settlement amount. If you sent an invoice for say $5K, but the attorney feels he would have been able to get 35K as a reasonable settlement, you have just put a huge monkey wrench in the works.

If you think you may pursue this, contact an IP attorney before doing anything. They have the knowledge to navigate this through the release and copyright issues, while none of us here do.

How do you make a print that big off of a 100kb file?

Watermark, watermark, watermark....

merlin2375 wrote in post #10662723
How do you make a print that big off of a 100kb file?

Watermark, watermark, watermark....

this I am curious about...

I wrote a magazine article and they used a 500kb image for the two page spread. It looked great considering. I wondered how they did that as well, but they said they used it straight. No uprezing, etc. I also asked why they didn't request larger images for the double page spread and cover, and they said they didn't think it was necessary. Obviously it wasn't, but I still wonder how they pulled so much detail out. I have other magazines that want 50MB TIFF files for small 2"x3" images. What can you say

sfaust wrote in post #10662706
There is a lot of mis-information being tossed around. Don't rely on the advice given here, even if in good faith. Contact an IP attorney and follow their advice on how to proceed. They will all say one thing for sure, DON'T send an invoice, and DON'T discuss any settlement amount. If sent an invoice for say $5K, but the attorney feels he would have been able to get 35K as a reasonable settlement, you have just put a huge monkey wrench in the works.

If you think you may pursue this, contact an IP attorney before doing anything. They have the knowledge to navigate this through the release and copyright issues, while none of us here do.

Best advice I've read in this thread and I would quit discussing it here though let us know what happens.

And theres always Genuine Fractals. It upsizes without much loss at all.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #10662971
Best advice I've read in this thread and I would quit discussing it here though let us know what happens.

And theres always Genuine Fractals. It upsizes without much loss at all.

WOW!! learned something new today... I thought its some sort of technical term... but its a software

monk3y wrote in post #10663188
WOW!! learned something new today... I thought its some sort of technical term... but its a software

And it works...

So they super-sized your pictures.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #10663271
And it works...

I am downloading the trial version now... thank you

hawkeye60 wrote in post #10663301
So they super-sized your pictures.

hahahaha

LBaldwin wrote in post #10661884
Contact Carolyn E. Wright, at www.photoattorney.com. She is a great photographer, and a great attorney!!. She can help you with this. I would not discuss this issue on the web any further without talking to her directly first.

Thanks Les. Best post here other than the sideways humor of some of the members

Talk to a lawyer RIGHT NOW.

*Sigh*
Some people have all the luck!