I have a special in photography, a love for race tracks, and a passion for race cars. After working as a course marshal for 10 years, and mounds of support from friends and family, I decided to combine the 3 of them together and am pursuing a career in Automotive Photography. All images are copyright protected under U.S. Copyright Act at 17 U.S.C. 106 (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html
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REMEMBER: Just because there is no copyright on the photograph itself, it is still copyright protected and property of Gabriel Alan Photography. It may not be reproduced, duplicated, or copied in any way without the permission of the photographer.
“Copyright” describes the rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. But we often don’t consider copyright when we look at our family photos, or go to get them copied. Even though it is so easy to copy an image—with scanners, photo-quality printers, and copy stations—it is still illegal. Some things to remember about copyright:
Copyright is a property right. Just because you buy a print does not mean you have purchased the copyright. Professional photographers are the smallest of small copyright holders. Under the Federal Copyright Act of 1976, photographs are protected by copyright from the moment of creation. Photographers have the exclusive right to reproduce their photographs (right to control the making of copies). Copyright
Unless you have permission from the photographer, you can’t copy, distribute (no scanning and sending them to others), publicly display (no putting them online), or create derivative works from photographs. A photographer can easily create over 20,000 separate pieces of intellectual property annually. Professional photographers are dependent on their ability to control the reproduction of the photographs they create. It affects their income and the livelihood of their families. Even small levels of infringement—copying a photo without permission—can have a devastating impact on a photographer’s ability to make a living. Copyright infringements—reproducing photos without permission—can result in civil and criminal penalties.