Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> I'm not sure what type of work you do but signing away all rights, >> forever(?) is definitely not the norm. > >Well, aside from photography, it is. When an engineer is hired as an >outside contractor (as a photographer is), the company that hires them owns >the work they pay them to do. I also believe that should be true for >photographers, period. I definitely disagree. Even though the initial message dealt with photography and you started including everything else, it still is not true. When an architect produces drawings, the copyright is retained by the architect. It does not go to the person comissioning the architect. I'm quite sure that's the case in the US as well. It certainly is here in Canada. If I design a house for someone, they are allowed to build ONE house with those drawings, unless a special contract is drawn up. If I see another house that is identical to my design, I'll go looking for compensation. Similarly, engineers retain the copyright to their designs. As with Greg, in my photography I sell certain types of usage, I don't sell photographs. Things are getting muddy at times now, when the client needs photos in digital form for certain purposes, but these tend to be record photos that I will sell completely, and are priced appropriately. They do not tend to be photos that ad agencies would fight over. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com