@ebiggs1 wrote:
"...within a minute they had referenced me as the photographer."
That still does not make it legal or give them the right to use your work, at least not here in the US. They need written permission to use them.
Well, since I emailed them and said in the email that I was OK for them to use the images for this article, I think they were on safe ground. The paddle group for cancer sufferers is something I am very happy to support. My understanding is that they got the images from the paddle boarding site and the EXIF data was not on the images - likely the result of how they were put on the site to begin with - so with the site's permission they went ahead.
This is part of the problem of putting images on the web - the images can be forwarded, copied and stripped of their EXIF data and so become annonymous. I am, however, writing to my contact at the paddle board site and asking that they include a note with any of my images assigning the copyright to me.
cheers, TREVOR
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"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
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