I ran into the same thing at WalMart...Only I took an anniversary picture in, scanned it, they took it away. I went home, took a pic of the same picture, left a little of the table(the picture was laying on) in it and they copied it off my camera memory stick. Then I took that picture and cropped it down to the orginal picture...I told the woman it didn't make any sense. That is why I do my picture copying on my own scanner/printer... Also for your information any 1800 pictures are past the copyright time..I copy pictures from that era all the time with no problems. Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:20 AM Subject: [GENHUMOR] Picture copy machine > The Picture Copy Machine > Feb. 3, 2002 > > > Did you ever take a picture to one of those Kodak machines that they have > at > Sam's Club, Wal-mart, Walgreens, Bel-Air and almost anywhere, to have it > scanned and a picture made from it? Well it seems under penalty of law, > (I > don't know what the penalty is, maybe prison?), that if it is a picture > that > was taken by a professional photographer, is copyrighted or even LOOKS > professional, you cannot copy it. I took a picture of my grandkids into > Sam's club and scanned a picture taken professionally of them, and the > lady > there said, sorry you cannot have that picture it was taken > professionally. > I said, " what are you going to do throw them away or shred them?" She > says, > yes that is exactly what she is going to do. So I scanned a picture I > took > myself of them and the lady came unglued, ":I said you cannot copy these > pictures", I told her I took them my self, she says "well they LOOK > professional, you do not have the negative with you , so you cannot scan > them" Now why do you think I spent $800 on a Cannon rebel with an > expensive > lens? So they would look unprofessional? By now I could just reach across > the counter and snap her little head right off and walk out smiling. So I > got no pictures that day. My daughter in law said she copied some old > high > school graduation pictures of her mom and dad and the same lady told her > she > cannot have those pictures, they were done professionally, she finished > copying the pictures and started to walk away and she told her that she > would have to package the pictures for her and she was not getting the > high > school pictures. My daughter in law said ok, I have more shopping to do > and > I will be back, Instead she did her shopping and went to the front check > out and paid $4.95 for each picture she scanned and made a picture out of. > She got out to the car and here comes Miss picture authority. "Let me see > your receipt slip," she says. My daughter in law showed it to her and the > lady saw where the pictures were paid for, so she says, I am taking your > account number and will be reporting this. Ok, says my daughter in law, > the > picture lady says, snotty like, "I hope you enjoy them" My daughter in > law > says," I will", and left. I told her the picture lady is going to have > her > Sam's club card yanked or better yet report her to 1-800 copyrighted > pictures being unlawfully copied. (laughing) I am saying what is the big > deal, why would any one care if she wants a picture of her mom and dad's > high school picture taken over 35 years ago? Do you really think the > picture > place still has the negatives? Are they even in business? Do you think > bells and whistles go off at Olan mills whenever someone tries to copy a > picture of theirs? No one in their right mind is going to go back to the > place where the professional picture was taken and pay through their nose > for a copy when they are scanners and printers that will do it at home. > Besides we are making the pictures on the machine, not her, why should > she > care?. Some day I am going to go in there, make a copy of a professionally > done picture, and if she says anything, I will ask her what the penalty is > is for making the copy, if it's a fine, I will pay it. Can't you just see > me sitting in jail and someone asking me what I am in for , and I say, > "for > making a copy of a picture that looked like it was done professionally". I > am going to be someone's cupcake for that????? So they are telling me, if > I > have a portrait of my great grandmother taken back in Missouri in 1895, I > can never make another picture of it? If it should go through a flood, no > one in our family will ever have this picture because it was copyrighted > or > looked professional? If it doesn't say copyrighted on the back, that > usually > means it's a copy of the original or you can make a copy of it. Is it > against the law to make a copy of a copy even if it looks professionally > taken? This just mystifies me to no end. Oh sure, I know that the > picture > studios won't make anymore money off you if you can copy it, but there has > to be a cut off point somewhere. I am sure there are people out there, > that > work at one of these places who have these machines, and people who work > at > picture studios, that will give me a hundred reasons why I can't make a > copy > to put in my family album, ("because it's against the law, stupid") I > guess > I will have to get me a new scanner and a new printer to make them at > home. > Wonder why that isn't against the law? I will let you know if my daughter > in law gets arrested. <grin> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >