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ravnostic – Jul 17, 2011 – 07:15 PM
Post subject: RE: A Stitch in Time: Stitching II
The original had the difficulty of sticking to the regular fark rules as much as possible; on that basis, I’d say ‘no’ to stacking, other than the obvious necessity to overlap.

Shouldn’t this be contest #3 of this series?

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http://www.farktography.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=2985&start=15

I can find the farktography discussion here, but I can’t locate the actual first contest. Anyone got any linkage?

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Have I mentioned how much bloody fun this theme has been? I’m still looking for more stuff to do, and the nature of the beast means that for every 50 or 75 shots, you get 1 good one, but the feeling I get when that good one pops up on my monitor is the whole reason this hobby’s so fun… absolute satisfaction in a job well done.
Also… lots of happy accidents.

My ratio is about 1000:1 😛

So, the shoulder is out too I assume?

Anyways most of my photos are done on handheld on the fly anyway as I rarely shoot with a tripod or on a surface. That and I’m usually drunk.

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https://www.mibank.com/mibank/Small%20Business/Business%20Resource%20Center/Library/copyrightstrademarksandpatents

If you were paid to create the work, whether as an employee or under a work-for-hire agreement, you then do not own the copyright and are not granted legal rights to what you created.

One exception is photography; even if you were hired to take photographs, you retain the rights to those photographs unless your work-for-hire agreement specifically assigns the rights to the hiring party. For example, a wedding photographer hired by a couple to photograph their wedding retains ownership and rights to those images, even though he or she was hired to create those photographs.

In the U.S., copyright is granted for the lifetime of the creator plus fifty years.

As a result you are not required to register a copyright, but doing so can help you insure your claim is valid and enforceable, especially if you are forced to sue due to copyright infringement. You can register material you wish to protect by copyright at the U.S. Copyright Office

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Kes – They fired HR lady after she started trying to clean up the place. The original owner passed away and he would not have wanted his family to run this business. All I’m really doing is looking for a new horizon and trying get out of this insane hostile workplace. If I had a new job tomorrow, I wouldn’t even care about this, but I’m forced to do this out of a desire to see things right.

There’s a lot of sociopaths out there.

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Thanks Kestrana and Uranus!

I was doing this out of the kindness of my heart. The boss has used what I was doing for free for them, and turned it around into a job requirement that she threatened my job with in a roundabout way. I shouldn’t *have* to take photos for them, but if I refuse now I will be fired.

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You should definitely negotiate a separate agreement for your photography, clearly defining the rules and compensation of any and all photo work you do for your company. Whether or not you are considering publishing or just looking to be compensated for your time and energy, this is a must.

Thanks ennui, that’s great advice. As of that conversation, the President tacked on another job that I’m not being compensated for and have strict undefined goals in a global sense. I recorded the conversation because she’s a threatening boss who is condescending to all her employees.

I’ve filed a labor complaint on behalf of my coworkers and myself. I’m certain they are 100% in violation of FLSA wage laws for multiple employees here. That’s really the nicest thing I could do for them.

I’m not thinking of publishing these photos as they’re mostly for archival and research and for building more systems related to this company. Almost entirely useless except for people in this industry, which that non-compete shuts me out of anyway.

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Did you sign a contract when you first started? If so, you might want to read the fine print there. <

That’s a negative, no contract was signed at all. The only thing in my file is my application with my signature and I also signed a non-compete for working with competitors.

Part of my beef is that the president hired her own professional photographer for a few days before this system shipped. He charged $100/hour + she would have had to pay for image rights. After she realized her mistake she took this out on me for not getting enough photos. The VP actually tasked me with video-ing the event with a camera he purchased, but I’ve taken over 1000 photos for them over the past 2.5 years. I’m salary so I wasn’t even compensated for my overtime hours which are usually for that purpose. Free work for them.

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