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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 36819" data-attributes="member: 1061">Part Duex:These MMA guys have been giving me fits again.&nbsp; I do work for a variety of clients, but it seems like its my MMA photos that are always finding their way into places they shouldn't be.&nbsp; Perhaps it's my own fault, or maybe I'm just getting my shorts in a twist over nothing.The promoter I work for wants his images from events posted to Facebook.&nbsp; I understand that, because it's good marketing for them.&nbsp; They pay for the photos, so how they choose to use them is fine with me.&nbsp; The fighters themselves continue to make these photos their profile pics and tag them, which generates more &quot;likes&quot; for my Facebook fan page and generates more looks for my business too.&nbsp; So far it's win/win.&nbsp; But...the fighters are not exclusive to this promotion that I work with, they fight at other events too.&nbsp; So when these other promoters ask the fighters for photos to use on posters and stuff...guess whose photos they use?&nbsp; Yup, mine.&nbsp; Other promoters are using my images that I own the copyright to (that someone else paid to license) on their promotional materials.&nbsp; I can't really blame the promoter, because odds are, they don't know the source of the images.&nbsp; That's poor business practice, but it is what it is.&nbsp; They probably have no idea that they really should be paying to use them.&nbsp; So here I sit like a schmuck...again.&nbsp; Do I contact the promoter and demand payment?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 36819, member: 1061"] Part Duex: These MMA guys have been giving me fits again. I do work for a variety of clients, but it seems like its my MMA photos that are always finding their way into places they shouldn't be. Perhaps it's my own fault, or maybe I'm just getting my shorts in a twist over nothing. The promoter I work for wants his images from events posted to Facebook. I understand that, because it's good marketing for them. They pay for the photos, so how they choose to use them is fine with me. The fighters themselves continue to make these photos their profile pics and tag them, which generates more "likes" for my Facebook fan page and generates more looks for my business too. So far it's win/win. But...the fighters are not exclusive to this promotion that I work with, they fight at other events too. So when these other promoters ask the fighters for photos to use on posters and stuff...guess whose photos they use? Yup, mine. Other promoters are using my images that I own the copyright to (that someone else paid to license) on their promotional materials. I can't really blame the promoter, because odds are, they don't know the source of the images. That's poor business practice, but it is what it is. They probably have no idea that they really should be paying to use them. So here I sit like a schmuck...again. Do I contact the promoter and demand payment? [/QUOTE]

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