Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/07
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Mark,
To answer your question....most of what I do and shoot it and ship it. I
don't often get a chance to see anything before an editor does. When I do,
it's whatever the client wants.
The all film, either transparency or negative is eventually returned to
me. The only exception in the NY Times (daily- not Travel or the Magazine)
which will file negatives unless I ask for them to be returned.
To be completely accurate about everything, I license usage rights, NOT
ownership of the negatives, prints or slides. I retain ownership of all
negatives or slides, unless the client is willing to pay for the privilege.
This usually means the clients wants all rights, and I try to discourage
this by charging five times the normal assignment rate. (The ASMP recommends
three times for a buy out.)
Cheers,
Sal