Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love you, Ted, and appreciate your support!! I quoted you today in my talk and told the students that they should photograph people in B&W because you said so!! The newspaper will not get any of my photos! Lots of love, Tina On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 8:55 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Tina, > Here's your response !!!!!!!!!!! IN BOLD LETTERS. > > "USE MY PHOTOS?" YOU WILL DEAL WITH? MY LAWYER!" > Today more and more newspapers, magazines, photo agencies and users of > photography are being bought out by the scumbags of the earth. > It's the SOB's like these newspaper owners who are and have put thousands > of > independent photogs on their death beds of the "POORHOUSE!" Or monetarily > dead! :-( This for you is simple! > "SHOW NO MERCY! TAKE NO PRISONERS! > It's too bad about the Syrian project. > However, you are one of the finest story telling "STOCK PHOTOGS" anywhere! > And your photography is "IMMPECCABLEY" some of the best in the world! > 1/ Roughly what did the Mid-east photo shoot cost you and Tom? No need to > make it an exact amount? A wild figure will give "THE CREW" a rough idea > what shoots of this nature out of pocket cost you personally before you > retrieve a penny in return? > Just put all the blame on the newspaper during any meetings with the folks > trying to help the Syrian's. > Play it up on local TV on whatever programmes you can. > #1? Retrieve all your photos immediately! So those SOB'S can't use them in > any fashion. > IF YOU DON'T? YOU KNOW THEY WILL IN SOME KIND OF NEFARIOUS FASHION USE THEM > IN PUBLICATION! Then worry about consequences later! > By your description of these SOB'S they may well just go ahead and use them > figuring you don't have the economic background to sue them? After all > these > kind of owners look at we photographers as nobodies? So they don't care. > "HANG TOUGH GIRL GO DEEP FOR THE HEART" > CHEERS, > Dr. Ted Grant C.M. O.C. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of > Tina Manley > Sent: September-13-16 1:22 PM > To: lug > Subject: [Leica] Draconian "Release" > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html