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Originally Posted by Seagull S6
You just need to move on. If you posted pics on the Internet without any kind of copywrite protection, they are public domain. If you didn't know what you had and sold it for garbage, not his fault either. Apparently it was not a "piece of junk" to somebody.
I would have no qualms about using non copyrighted public domain pics if they accurately represented the item I was selling. what is the problem here?
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I would agree with move on.
BUT :
The bold statement is not accurate. Because it already had copyright protection . By statute the moment you affix the photo (or any original art) to a tangible medium (i.e. in this case film, or camera memory card,) you have automatically created "copyright protection" and it is definitely not " Public Domain" regardless of posting to the internet or not.
Perhaps you, like many, are confusing copyright "protection" with copyright "registration" which makes enforcing copyright protection easier from a legal standpoint.