Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting burned (was scanner or digicam)
From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:38:27 -0600
References: <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA25801370B35@asc02.asc.upenn.edu>

Be sure to file federal copyright on the photos. You can download the 
paperwork online. That way if the band uses the proofs, you can file 
for additional punitive damages (otherwise, unfiled photos only get 
actual damages).

Karen Nakamura
www.photoethnography.com


>So about two months ago this band calls me up and says "we want pix" and I
>said "fine" and quoted a price for 300 or so digiphotos on CD's that they
>could take with them when they left. Then they said "no no, digital sucks,
>we want medium format shots on tranny" and I said "okay" and quadrupled the
>price and said I wanted half upfront. So they came over, I shot a bunch of
>rolls of MF, took it to the processor, had contacts made, sent the contacts
>out with a bill. Sent another bill. Sent another bill, sent another bill.
>And now I have several hundred dollars worth of film processing sitting on
>my credit card waiting for a bunch of guys who ain't gonna pay me. My profit
>would have been the same either way, but there's several hundred dollars
>extra in overhead I get to eat this time.
>
>kc
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In reply to: Message from Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> ([Leica] Getting burned (was scanner or digicam))