Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG - I'm sure you've heard more than enough about the Syrian refugee project but I've run into a problem and would like your opinion. The local newspaper The Herald - which has been bought out by McClatchy, along with every other newspaper around - asked for some of my photos to illustrate an article about the project. I sent them several photos two weeks ago with permission to use them in the newspaper and on their website with a copyright notice. I didn't hear anything for two weeks. Today I got an e-mail saying that they could not use the photos with a copyright notice and if I gave them permission to use them without the copyright notice, I would also have to sign a release giving the Herald "an irrevocable, royalty-free license to publish, republish, resell, distribute, copy and edit the submission an unlimited number of times in any print, electronic or other medium." I explained to them that I could never sign a release that gives away all rights to my photos - that it would not be fair to me or the subjects of my photos. I explained that I never lease photos as royalty-free and that any royalty-free photo that featured an identifiable person would have to have a model-release signed by that person. All of my photos are rights managed for editorial use only. I told them they were welcome to use the photos with a copyright notice. Now I have to explain to the committee why the photos won't be in the Herald :-( What do you think? Tina -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html