Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] newspaper bylines
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:05:12 -0400

That all depends on what the union contract states....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of GERALD
> HAUSSLER
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 5:49 PM
> To: leica-users; rdandcb
> Subject: [Leica] newspaper bylines
> 
> 
> 
>      rick;
> 
>      i'm still playing catch up from the weekend, but wanted to
>      make a point about bylines in newspapers. i've had a few
>      shots appear in the local (san francisco) papers, but they
>      do not run my byline. (_forget_ money!) i was always told it
>      was a union thing.
>      anybody know ?
> 
>      best
>      jerry haussler
> 
>      >Who should I sue?  The paper, the parents or the six year old?
>      >The action photos I take end up on coffee cups, T shirts, posters,
>      >calendars, etc, all without my permission, and I'm not that 
> fussed if
>      >its for personal use, but reproducing a photo in a newspaper is
>      >another thing, to my mind.
>      >How's about I ask them for a fee equalling my reprint price x the
>      >paper's circulation?
>