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An 'Ethics' Question
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 748852" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>I read somewhere else that a photographer walked into Walmart and saw one of their photos on a bunch of towels and other beach paraphernalia. Seems when they signed up with a stock photo service they didn't realize what they were losing for that small fee they get when someone licenses it. </p><p></p><p>I've been real careful with stuff and will not enter contests that all perpetual use of the submission, usually even if I don't win. There's a birding magazine that I could likely be featured in easily, but everything they published would be theirs to use and to sell. Screw that. Even when I have sold rights to photos I've been very careful with the particulars. A retail company in the UK wanted to license my photo for wall prints and asked for "exclusive right of sale worldwide" and the right to "renew those rights without consent" after the 1 year deal was over. I told them they could have exclusive rights outside the US and that renewal would require renegotiation. They were perfectly fine with it and I laugh when I think that many a couple may have shagged on the couch underneath my photo as they decorate their new apartment. But I also wonder how many people who got the same offer from a clerk browsing Flickr took it with no questions asked?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 748852, member: 9240"] I read somewhere else that a photographer walked into Walmart and saw one of their photos on a bunch of towels and other beach paraphernalia. Seems when they signed up with a stock photo service they didn't realize what they were losing for that small fee they get when someone licenses it. I've been real careful with stuff and will not enter contests that all perpetual use of the submission, usually even if I don't win. There's a birding magazine that I could likely be featured in easily, but everything they published would be theirs to use and to sell. Screw that. Even when I have sold rights to photos I've been very careful with the particulars. A retail company in the UK wanted to license my photo for wall prints and asked for "exclusive right of sale worldwide" and the right to "renew those rights without consent" after the 1 year deal was over. I told them they could have exclusive rights outside the US and that renewal would require renegotiation. They were perfectly fine with it and I laugh when I think that many a couple may have shagged on the couch underneath my photo as they decorate their new apartment. But I also wonder how many people who got the same offer from a clerk browsing Flickr took it with no questions asked? [/QUOTE]
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