I think you can have ANY contract as long as both parties agree to it, sign it and adhere to it. We are also not all in the USA. Uwe
On 9/4/2011 5:04 PM, David Kennedy wrote: > I think a photographer should never do work for hire. They should > insist on re-writing the contract to give you all the rights you need > from here on but the photographer keeps ownership. He can grant you > exclusive rights for a period of time if you need to publish first, etc. > > This is pretty much the position of the ASMP, American Society of > Media PHotographers. > > http://asmp.org/tutorials/bad-contract.html > > > David Kennedy > Photography > > ASMP > D-65- Dallas, St. Louis > Platypus- New Orleans > www.showmephotos.com > > On Sep 3, 2011, at 11:28 PM, Motleyjust wrote: > >> Have you tried contacting the photographer about this? >> >> motleyjustmotleynothingbutmotley >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rieni<[email protected]> >> To: Adobe-Premiere<[email protected]> >> Sent: Sat, Sep 3, 2011 8:37 am >> Subject: Re: [AP] Photographer reusing photo I purchased? >> >> Hi James, >> >> Not really on-topic in here but it's interesting. >> >> And I can confirm that if you assign and pay someone to create >> something for you, the delivered product is your property including >> all intelligent rights. >> >> Now the problem is, how you are going to get your rights. Sending a >> lawyer on him will probably cost you more than you can gain from >> this, not only financially but also emotionally, after all, you will >> have to deal with lawyers and judges for at least the next 6 months >> of your life. All I can say about that is: don't do it, stay happy >> and healthy and use your money for better things. >> >> Just don't work with this photographer anymore and try to get an >> explicit confirmation from photographers you work with in the future >> that they understand and accept your TOS, for example let them write >> in their own words that the photos will be your full intelligent >> property and that they can't and won't sell copies of them themselves. >> >> Rieni >> >> At 3-9-2011 04:58, 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? >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
