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38. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS Vol. XII. No. 528.—October 16,1868. 501 Correspondence—Publishing Prints from Purchased Negatives 502 403 494 495 495 497 497 499 499 503 503 504 Talk in the Studio To Correspondents Photographs Registered 1ega- show ve, is from y and luced good iffer- netal s re in be erva- gold lence rs in by s most 98 of solu- have 5 ths sour nueb pister e. e USS efect rked trate nude more 1 for iiiblo lume re is you few ■ give tating reced- them, it the e that • you hon" 11 you inga ut we at for other n the vhilst etchy t you ning. suits, i, and sible, >eated etely, : first place, ■able, a the We s not relop- To Whom does a Portrait Negative Belong? • Photography or Branding Decision as to a Photographer’s Personal Luggage Studiosand Processes in America Progress of Carbon Printing Pictorial Effect in Photography. By II. P. Robinson On the Relation between Intensity and Tone. By Nelson K. Some Remarks on Stereoscopes. By Valentine Blanchard Notes on Photographic Subjects. By M Carey Lea Proceedings of Societies—North London Photographic Associa tion— South London Photographic Society — Liverpool Photographic Amateur Association PAGE 500 pie. gene- The id for riods to surrender that which he regarded as undoubtedly his own property ; whereupon the claimant sought legal advice, by which he stated he was fully supported in his claim and assertion that the negatives were his property. The question, it cannot be doubted, is one of the most vital importance to photographers, and might be made to involve most startling issues. If the claimant and his legal adviser are right, and the claim they make were made and sustained by the general public, not only would the value of every photographic business in existence be woe fully depreciated, but the majority of photographers might be ruined, not simply by their losses of property in the stock of negatives which they have regarded as their own, and which has afforded a steady income of greater or less amount, but by actions for compensation in regard to the thousands of negatives they have destroyed, never dreaming that they were not their own property. When a photographic busi ness has been sold, the extent of the stock of negatives from which constant orders were printed has usually formed one of the chief elements in the estimate of the value of the busi ness ; and the transfer of such a stock of negatives has been regarded not simply as the sale of such property of specific value, but as the efficient means of transferring the goodwill of the business. We have known of the sales of several such businesses involving in the aggregate many thousands of pounds of purchase money ; but if actions for compensation in relation to the negatives in such cases could be sustained, we imagine that considerably increased duties for Her Majesty’s Commissioners in Bankruptcy would follow. To return to the question, however, To whom does a port rait negative belong ? We should answer, unhesitatingly, that it belongs to the photographer'; and were it not for the proverbial uncertainty of the law, we should never have a moment’s misgiving as to any legal decision on the subject. An absolute decision in any case of disputed property can only be given in a court of law or equity ; but as, in matters where no statutes exist, the decision is generally based upon precedent and custom, it may be interesting to consider the bearing which custom and analogy have on such a question. We believe that no legal decision exists which could form a precise precedent in regard to the ownership of negatives, and we should not, in any case, enter into legal technicali ties in relation thereto; but we may briefly suggest the considerations in regard to custom upon which common law is often based. Theoretically, the law is the perfection of reason ; and practically, errors excepted, probably justice is in the main secured by it. In the case Mason v. Heath, in which the plaintiff brought an action against the defendant for refusing to supply him with a portrait negative at a reasonable price, the whole of the proceedings were based on the assumption that the negative was the property of the photographer who took it. The actual question of owner ship in the negative, as between the photographer and the gthe tarch eat® ag as msily TO WHOM DOES A PORTRAIT NEGATIVE BELONG? A curious question has been brought under our attention recently, one which has been raised before, but never, so far as we know, authoritatively answered. To whom does the negative belong which a photographic portraitist takes in the regular exercise of his profession ? A thousand voices will, we doubt not, be ready to answer at once, “ To the pho tographer, of course.” Very naturally answered, and, as we believe, very truly ; but clearly not so as to secure uni versal acquiescence. Let us illustrate at once by laying before the reader a letter we have received from Mr. Rejlander :— “ Dear Sir,—I have had a novel application made to me by a gentleman in Scotland, viz., to obtain from me three large negatives representing his daughter in various well- invented attitudes. When I say novel, I mean it in this sense : it was not asked for as a favour, or by purchase, but as a right, assuming that he was the rightful owner, and claimed them as his. I must say he was prompted to obtain them by knowing I was going to remove to Victoria Street* and. fearing I would not take sufficient care of ray negatives during removal, they would run less risk in being sent to the North. “ I can well understand his anxiety, but not his expression that ‘the negatives are mine,’ nor that of his counsel, who ‘ is of the same opinion.’ “ I should be in a pretty pickle if I were made responsible for negatives I do not care to keep. If claimable properly. I might be held liable for damage, and the harder I worked the poorer I would be. " Ilas there not been a question like this before some judge ? I fancy I remember something about it, and that it was left unsettled; but the sooner it were settled the better, and that we may claim hire for the safe keeping of the glass, as some say it is ‘ only a bit of glass.’—Yours very truly, O. G. Rejlander.” To clear the question of any extraneous considerations, it should be distinctly understood that these are negatives taken in the exercise of his profession as a portraitist, not pictorial studies, such as Mr. Rejlander often produces. If they had been the latter, perhaps still less doubt on the question might have existed ; but we mention this fact to clear the ground, in order that it may be distinctly under stood that the question arises in relation to portrait nega tives taken in the regular course of business. When the demand was first made, Mr. Rejlander naturally demurred * Our readers will be glad to learn that Mr. Rejlander is shortly about to remove to a magnificent West End studio, now in course of erection, where, we believe, there is every prospector his rare abilities as an art photo grapher being fully engaged, and meeting with the high appreciation they so unquestionably deserve.—ED. Photographic News. CONTENTS. PAGE I
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