Comments on: You May Want to Own Your Own Images

By: Real-Time Rendering · Loosening of ACM’s copyright policy

Real-Time Rendering · Loosening of ACM’s copyright policy — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:20:40 +0000

[...] We’ve talked about this before, how ACM’s copyright policy stated that they, not you, control the copyright of any images you publish in their journals, proceedings, or other publications. For example, if your hometown newspaper wants to publish a story of “local boy makes good” and wish to include samples of your work, they needed to ask the ACM for permission (and pay the ACM $28 per image). Not a huge problem, but at the least a surprising bureaucratic roadblock for a reasonable request. Researchers are usually surprised to hear they have lost this right. [...]

By: Real-Time Rendering · ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Election

Real-Time Rendering · ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Election — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:40:30 +0000

[...] this SIGGRAPH election I was happy to see that James O’Brien is on the slate. In the past James has worked to retain the rights to his own images, so he’s aware of the issues. In his election statement he [...]

By: job

job — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:45:36 +0000

RE: “Sounds pretty clear to me.”

No, the fee was $25. I’d guess the time required for ACM to make the permission-to-use agreement with the book publisher cost more than the fee would cover.

By: please_stop_making_me_register_more_damn_accounts

please_stop_making_me_register_more_damn_accounts — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:51:02 +0000

Huh?

“I also don’t see the argument for why ACM would benefit by owning the images. It’s a case where it costs the author something but gains ACM nothing”

and

“It was very unclear what the motivation was for the ACM to insist on owning the images.”

But also

“she was subsequently told by ACM that she needed ACM’s permissions and she had to pay a fee and include a notice crediting ACM rather than me.”

Sounds pretty clear to me.