The Paintball Scene Magazine- October

[Dark Warrior]

I think you misunderstood me gambo, I think it's great that it uses lots of reader submitted photos, promotes uk paintball/photographers etc. and people submit their photo's for free with credit or not.
What caught my attention was the line that read 'Watermarked pictures will require written authorisation from the photographer', which makes perfect sense but seemed to imply that if someone submits a non watermarked photo that isn't their own no verification about the copyright would be carried out as no permission is received? Perhaps I misinterpreting or reading to much into it, but I would have thought all photos would require permission to use unless it's known that their copyright had been released, watermark or not. Or is that not the case with online reproduction?
Great looking mag and well played to everyone involved in producing it each month!

If you submit a picture for publishing then you are giving the magazine permission to publish.
That is the same whether you are a photographer or reader. If you submit a picture that is not yours then you are in breach of copyright. The issue with visually watermarked pictures is that a couple of photographers allow customers to have free copies of pictures as long as they leave the watermark on and other photographers use watermarked pictures for preview only. If there is a watermark on then it allows us to check which this is.
Please note this is applicable to the new readers pictures section all other photographs in the magazine are taken by known photographers at specific events, supplied by interviewees or companies featured

 

[Robin Hood]

Cheers Dark, that makes sense.