Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am a skeptic..... It is most likely cheaper to wait to be sued, than to go to the trouble of getting and then PROVING a signature ( from someone that probably is illiterate)... I always assume the odds are that NG et al will never be caught...... or only occasionally...... Policy put aside, which does probably say you must have the rights, if I were the photographer working for or on assignment to or freelancing for NG, I would have all the signatures I need.... because it pays to have them... The legitimacy of those signatures, I would not want to state....and the illiterate person, in a foreign land would have to 1) See the pahotgraph 2) Intellectually figure out that there was a profit made from her image 3) find a lawyer 4) find the magazine 5) file a lawsuit in the USA 6) Prove in the US Courts that I had not gotten proper authorzation 7) Prove they should share in the profit 8)Get the award 9) find a way to get $$$ from me or the magazine. Not likely. Cheaper to take a chance. Once in a while, give a few pennies out to prove you are doing the right thing. Once in a while, give a free trip to Mecca.. what does that cost? more pennies to NG. BTW: I am not nor ever have been paid for any photograph. It is my opinion. Battle armor on. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html