I used to work as a photographer. If i recall, if you commission and pay the guy, the work is yours, not his. If he takes a shot on spec, as a freelance, then he can sell it to you if he likes and then he can specify the terms and conditions.
On 3 Sep 2011, at 03:58, gotmailjames wrote: > I run a business where I send people out to specific locations and pay them > to take photos and send in those photos. > > Recently one of the photographers decided to take some of the photos they > were paid for and use them for their own business. The TOS says any photos > take for the business are property of my business and may not be reused. > > What is the legality of this? My understanding is since he was there on > assignment from me and paid for the photographs those photographs should > belong to me, is that not correct? > > With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom [email protected] +44 7973 543 660 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
