You can retain copyright in all cases, but still assign the right to reproduction for weddings and portraits just like you do for publication. You can then continue to use the images for advertising, etc, as long as you have had the equivalent of a model release built into your contract.
-p Tom C wrote: > I can understand wanting to retain copyright in just about every situation > except wedding and portrait photography. > > > > Tom C. > >> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: DMCA Takedown (was Stolen Photos) >> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:27:36 +0900 >> >> On 7/13/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> To tell you the truth, if I *WAS* a wedding photographer and I had >> gotten >>> paid for my services, and I delivered the photos, negs, or digital image >>> files to the newlyweds, I wouldn't care less what they did with them >> after >>> that. It's their wedding, their photos, their life. >>> >> When I was in that game, that is exactly what I did. I gave em an >> album of proofs, and the negatives and wished them all the best. >> The problem is that a lot of photographers want to hold onto residual >> rights, and specify in their contracts that they are the first owners >> of copyright. >> In your country, I believe that the creator of the work is first owner >> of copyright unless they specifically sign it away by contract. In my >> country, it is exactly the opposite, wedding photography is considered >> work for hire, and the person paying for the work is considered first >> owner unless there is a written agreement to the contrary. >> What the whole thing means is that photo lab clerks are now expected >> to be lawyers as well as lab techs, which is a little unfair to both >> them and their customers, especially since the penalties for >> transgression can be very onerous. >> >> -- >> William Robb >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
