The Rotary Club of Glenferrie has been served with notice that an image used in an edition of The Glenferrie Rotarian in April 2022 infringes the rights of the copyright holder. The image, which originally appeared in a Wikipedia article, was downloaded from the internet. Legal advice is that the club may be liable for a fee for use of the image amounting to approximately $2,600. Rotary Hawthorn suffered a similar fate recently.
The lesson is clear. Please DO NOT USE PHOTOS, CARTOONS, IMAGES or any copyright material in newsletter stories, web pages, social media posts or club emails unless you have the specific written approval of the copyright holder. To be safe do not download any images from the internet for use in club publications. Images, logos and artwork can be downloaded from Brand Centre in My Rotary - or you can make your own (try Canva or ChatGPT! - the header image for this story was generated by ChatGPT and it's ours!). Material generated by other Rotary clubs can also be used without paying copyright fees.
The offending image, and other potentially offending images, have been deleted from the club's database. Club Secretary Don Heath is currently in negotiations with the copyright holder regarding the matter.