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NikonErik · 01-13-2008

This is very strange to me. -An agency that will only accept Raw files?? The 16-bit color part gives it away . . . How much are they paying you to hand over files so they can manipulate that which you are the author of? Do you even retain any license to your work? I don't know. Without more information, this sounds like they're looking to take advantage of photographers.

Sounds to me that they are looking to rook you for a "Work Made For Hire". Here in the U.S. this is a term reserved for works of art created under explicit contract to do so or while working as an employee of the consumer of the work. The law does not prohibit a party to draft a contract that essentially buys the work as a WMFH and thus take exclusive rights to the work. there are even ways to write the contract that hides the fact that the work is being purchased as a WMFH.

Once they do this then they own the work and if the work continues to make money, and get re-purposed all over the place then the artist loses and is out of the picture, no pun intended.

Again, without more information, it sounds like a "sell-out" to me.

01-13-2008	#4 (permalink)
NikonErik Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 119	This is very strange to me. -An agency that will only accept Raw files?? The 16-bit color part gives it away . . . How much are they paying you to hand over files so they can manipulate that which you are the author of? Do you even retain any license to your work? I don't know. Without more information, this sounds like they're looking to take advantage of photographers. Sounds to me that they are looking to rook you for a "Work Made For Hire". Here in the U.S. this is a term reserved for works of art created under explicit contract to do so or while working as an employee of the consumer of the work. The law does not prohibit a party to draft a contract that essentially buys the work as a WMFH and thus take exclusive rights to the work. there are even ways to write the contract that hides the fact that the work is being purchased as a WMFH. Once they do this then they own the work and if the work continues to make money, and get re-purposed all over the place then the artist loses and is out of the picture, no pun intended. Again, without more information, it sounds like a "sell-out" to me. __________________ There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams Last edited by NikonErik; 01-13-2008 at 05:07 PM.