Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>perhaps Riboud has a separate publishing agreement with another agency in France which covers sales in that country? That makes the most sense - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Watts" <i.watts@virgin.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:37 PM Subject: [Leica] A chance to compare yourself to Magnum > "Simon Greenwood" wrote: > > > The French have copyrite laws that are rather different to ours, the owner > > of the copyrite (as I understand it) is by default the subject of a > > photograph, unless agreement is made to transfer it to the Photographer. > > > > I think this is true but I don't think it's the reason for the restriction > on the Magnum site. For one thing, the pictures in question were not taken > in France and, for another, the restrictions only apply to Marc Riboud's > images (now I know Riboud is French but I don't think that is relevant in > itself). I suspect that the restriction is for commercial reasons - perhaps > Riboud has a separate publishing agreement with another agency in France > which covers sales in that country? > > Ian Watts. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html