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<blockquote data-quote="gohan2091" data-source="post: 348600" data-attributes="member: 11990">I'm working for a small, local jewelers (UK) who wants me to photograph approximately 1000 items of jewellery for their website and other advertising/promotion work. I've already done 32 images of which he has paid me. I've now made a simple draft contract that I emailed the client but he doesn't seem to want to sign it. He said our email communication and the fact that images were exchanged for money acts as a de-facto contract and he acts the purpose of this contract. He assumes because he is paying for the images that he has full copyright and doesn't seem to realise that I the photographer own the copyright and that I would license it's use to him. I don't want to transfer copyright over to him (because then I wouldn't be able to use my own images!) but I am happy to give him pretty much full freedom to use the images how he wants. However, I don't want him to sell my images on stock imaging websites or to third parties, but I am happy for him to put the photos on his brothers website.Can you read the ownership section of my contract below and help state this clearly? I am struggling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gohan2091, post: 348600, member: 11990"] I'm working for a small, local jewelers (UK) who wants me to photograph approximately 1000 items of jewellery for their website and other advertising/promotion work. I've already done 32 images of which he has paid me. I've now made a simple draft contract that I emailed the client but he doesn't seem to want to sign it. He said our email communication and the fact that images were exchanged for money acts as a de-facto contract and he acts the purpose of this contract. He assumes because he is paying for the images that he has full copyright and doesn't seem to realise that I the photographer own the copyright and that I would license it's use to him. I don't want to transfer copyright over to him (because then I wouldn't be able to use my own images!) but I am happy to give him pretty much full freedom to use the images how he wants. However, I don't want him to sell my images on stock imaging websites or to third parties, but I am happy for him to put the photos on his brothers website. Can you read the ownership section of my contract below and help state this clearly? I am struggling. [/QUOTE]

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