Re: [Leica] newspaper bylines

[Wilber Jeffcoat <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>]

What it is, is they don't want to give you any free advertising. Fed. Copy
right law says that they must acknowledge the copyright holder. In North
Carolina a photographer sued and won as they refused to publish his copyright
notice with the bridals he did. Now all of the papers request a copyright
release for one time printing rights of a brides portrait or they refuse to use
the image. With this attitude they make us look like the bad guys. It all boils
down to them having something to sell (space) and they don't want it to go for
free, not even for three words. If you don't think I'm right offer to pay for
the name to be there and see how fast they jump on it.
cheers Wilber

GERALD HAUSSLER wrote:

>      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?