Copyright - the most important stuff.

Copyright protects your right to profit from your creations, but it is "Copyright registration" that provide the "Keys to the courthouse"  In winning a case this can mean the difference between a new car or a new house.  Register your copyright.  Here are links to help.

• GOV COPYRIGHT PAGE
• United States Copyright Office  The link to the government site. Way too much information.
• Copyright form VA   - This is the form for published or unpublished works.  Photography.
• Copyright form VA with instructions  - same form with the instructions.
• Group registration of photographs - Instructions for group registration with form.
•  Ed Greenberg's top 10 list.  Must reading for photographers. If you need a lawyer, this might be your guy.
• PLUS - Picture Licensing Universal System

Assistant / Independent contractor  

IRS Topic 762 - Independent Contractor vs. Employee
 

Image Security

• Digimarc - Digital watermarking

• Signum -Digital Fingerprinting (Formerly FBI)

• Giovanni - Free version available  on-line

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