i’m having issues with my old highschool/the person who is running the yearbook now. they’re new at it and have no idea what they’re doing yet. we agreed that i would come back this year and take photos of events for the yearbook. i have not missed a single home game this year, and i have taken thousands of pictures. suddenly this person decides they don’t want my help and won’t be using my pictures in the book. this is very much out of left field for me.
knowing this person, there’s a large chance they’ll end up using my pictures anyway. are my images protected by copyright in any way? what can i do if my pictures end up being used in the yearbook?
Sounds like you had a falling out with someone at your old school about the yearbook and now you are talking about lawyers. Really? I would say to be the bigger person. Your photos likely don’t have any financial value. You were planning to donate them to the yearbook before the falling out. This is for your alma mater. It is for the students. I would forget about it, or send them something that says they have permission to use your pictures in the yearbook but nothing else. Maybe you could ask for a credit mention, but it’s likely to be a mess and life is too short. Be happy that the real benefit is people enjoying your work.