But selling for stock takes this to a different level. A stock agency is going to be extremely strict just because all sales avenues are open to them!
--- On Mon, 6/27/11, Larry Berman <larry@bermanart.com> wrote:
From: Larry Berman <larry@bermanart.com>
Subject: Re: [artshow_photo] Re: Property ownership issue???
To: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 8:54 PM
Though you may or may not agree with me but it's exactly what I was
trying to say. I do think I left out the word commercial.
Larry
>I did finally find this from a lawyer:
>
>You own the copyright to any image you have taken and you can use it
>for pretty much anything that doesn't come under the definition of
>"commercial purposes", which in general means advertising. For
>example you can sell the images to a newspaper or magazine for use
>in editorial content. Editorial content is pretty much
>Photographer's rights, Photography and the Law, anything that's not
>advertising. For commercial usage you need a signed release from
>anyone identifiable in the image, or in some cases for any
>identifiable private property. You can generally sell your images as
>art without a release. Of course exactly what constitutes
>"commercial use" has to be defined by a court, but generally if the
>use can't be somehow construed as advertising in some form, you're OK.
>
>Signed releases are only required for commercial (trade and
>advertising) use of photographs. Editorial, news and art usage
>generally requires no release from the subject, though some
>publication may requires them "just to be on the safe side.
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