Reply To: Let's Talk Copyright for Retouching Fauxtographs

[stef]

A common misunderstanding is that giving credit means it’s not a copyright violation. That is not true. It just makes you less likely to be called out by the owner. You should respond to the photographer that things are between R and C, and stress that you can’t imagine any photographer holding bad images over the head of a bride who’s trying to process them, and urge her to grant her the copyright in exchange for credit. Tell her in the long run she’ll get much better exposure with images R shares, than images R refuses to share because she doesn’t like the edits.

 

Appeal to both the emotional and practical sides, and only a spiteful person will refuse without good reason.