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- Nightshade
I am building a website for an architect
He wants an 'inspiration' page showing photos from other architects/artists which he likes
Is it enough to credit each photo? Or does that still breach copyright?
- ephix0
as with any copyright material, unless explicitly mentioned, you need permission and if they said yes they would most likely tell you to show the credit.
- ribit0
If that page is presented as a (genuine) editorial feature of the site, you might be able to use material that has already been released by the architects and artists for editorial use?
- formed0
This is a dangerous approach. As an architect, I can't imagine showing other's work next to my own. Too easy for people to just scan images and think it was mine (which, I presume, is really why he wants to put them "hey, my work sucks, but I really like these guys").
You better get permission from the other architects and their photographers, no architect, imho, would want their work displayed on another architect's website (think about graphics, what if your client really was "inspired" by the FedEx logo, would you put it on the site even if they never had anything to do with FedEx?)
- jazmine0
i went to a talk last week about just this subject, (copyright/trademark for artists). from what i learned, i think the copyright would belong to the photographers. but you'd still need permission, just crediting is still breach.
- boobs0
From a marketing standpoint, I think it would be terrible for the architect to put up other people's work--unless it was really, really old. Like the Parthenon, or some old cathedral.
- MyMommies0
Don't do it!
- dibec0
put it on the myspace or facebook page. leave it alone. tell him it's not worth the complications. ... if it is set just post a title and url if need to. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
- zr0
I'm with most other people here - doesn't sound like a good idea.
If he really wants to do it you'll obviously need to licence the photos, but the photographer may also need to have a property release from the owner of the building, as it would be for commercial use.
- duckofrubber0
Your client is quite possibly a moron.
- dibec0
Client to You Communication - 101
"hey look at me !!111!!! !1, but these guys I really like and they dope (possibly dope'r). please hire me,k,thx!"
- MrNibs0
I've built many an architect site and never had a request quite as dumb as this.
I would credit architect and photographer if you can. The worse thing that might happen is that the architect/photographer may ask you to pull it down. I think jazmine is right tho, only the photographer would have the right to tell you to remove it. But the architect would most likely sick the photographer on you in any case.
If it were one of my projects, I wouldn't want google indexing and finding some other architects site instead of mine because they've posted my work.