Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Donal, Interesting comment, but, I suppose it depends on what you shoot--I just read yesterday on a Formula 1 news web site about magazine writers complaining that Formula 1 photographers are receiving six figure fees for their photography. But shame on the New York Times, I would think a liberal paper like that would treat their people better. As far as the internet goes I promise you that it is going to turn into a real zoo. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Handheld Magazine >Date: Wed, May 10, 2000, 8:32 AM > > Julian Thomas wrote: > >> > http://www.handheldmagazine.com >> > >> Wow!! How do these on-line magazines make any money? This is top quality >> stuff for free! Isn't the internet wonderful! >> > Julian, > > It depends on which side of free you are on-- the getting or the > giving. You may have no idea of the resistance in the publishing > industry to paying much of anything at all for photos or other content > on the web. The NY Times grossed over $24million in ad revenue on its > website last year and refuses to pay for web useage without a battle. A > friend sold a travel photo to them for the Sunday section and found it > on the web, too, despite delivery memo forbidding such without > approval. It took three months of exchanges with NYT attorneys to get > the $50 she requested. And with the check was a letter stating that she > would never again do business with the NYTimes. As magazines move from > paper to web publishing they are establishing a precedent that photos > have little value for web use. Professional photographers are in a > serious survival battle. I can tell you from personal experience that > photos on public access web sites such as those of AOL pay photographers > little more than the cost of the film to shoot it on. > > Isn't the internet wonderful? > > donal > > __________ > Donal Philby > San Diego > www.donalphilby.com >