Back in 1984, while in high school, I took many photos with my little 110 film camera of a band called Morbid Angel. When I first started taking photos they were known as Heretic and were only a 3 piece band and unknown. I've given many small prints to the drummer and a few to the other band members. Few years ago, I happened to see my photo on a Decibel Magazine advertisement for their book "Choosing Death". The image was used without my knowledge and permission. Also no credit was given to me in the book. Yes, it's a copyright infringement of my image x 3000 times (number of books printed). The photo in the book is in black and white but the original is in color. I have the negatives to over 40 photos taken that year. I will be posting some here later.
The link below is a good educational website about Understanding Photographic Copyright: www.ppa.com/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1720 My image as it appears in the book and below is the original in color. Trey Azagthoth and I in 2006.
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