Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Luggers, Yesterday, up at the soccer fields, one of the under 6's ran up to me and said, "Thanks Mister, the photo you took of me was in the newspaper!" Meaning an action photo of him. Well, that's interesting, since I didn't put it in there! I saw his dad a few minutes later and mentioned the boy's excitement. The name of the paper was mentioned. So, a local newspaper has reproduced one of my photos, without permission. It could be that the parents passed the print I sold to them for a minimal fee to the editor. I'm going to have a little fun and explore this. Who should I sue? The paper, the parents or the six year old? The action photos I take end up on coffee cups, T shirts, posters, calendars, etc, all without my permission, and I'm not that fussed if its for personal use, but reproducing a photo in a newspaper is another thing, to my mind. How's about I ask them for a fee equalling my reprint price x the paper's circulation? Yippee! Rick Dykstra