[Zeke]

I did a full album of pics on a big panel replacement job I did on an early 911S and I gave a disc to the owner. According to you guys, I own the pics since he doesn't have a written release. BS to that; his car, his pics AFAIC.

Methinks WalMart overstepped unless I'm not reading something here correctly. How was the original photographer identified? It could have been one of the grooms using the bridegroom's camera. I say you come in with a disc, they are your images. I would think a pro wanting to protect his/her work would "stamp" the proofs. Kinkos looks for copywrites displayed or embedded. If the disc is clean, you step up to the machine and pays yo money.

I have seen this method before. The pro put the pics up on his site for any of the guests to look at. The images are overwritten clearly indentifiying the copywrite. In that case the purchaser needs to buy from the photog. I'm sure some photoshop the copywrite out to the pics, but if they're going to go to that much effort to by-pass the system, I bet the photog already has an idea of what percentage of loss to expect from such behavior.

And, this method allows direct purchase of images from the event by non family. So, if you see a good pic of yourself and your sweetie, you can buy it w/o having to go thru the newlyweds.