Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:23 PM 11/18/2008, you wrote: >And Tina, fair to note my comment too that people are largely unprepared to >pay for any sort of content, wherever that payment belongs. On the previous >archive that was on a Life site, I recall that it was only the covers that >were available. I assumed that Life originally purchased the publishing >rights for those at the time? >Geoff More than likely most of the photographers were under contract to Life, and at that time, signed a work for hire agreement turning over all rights to the magazine. Back then, work for hire was a reasonable proposition since photographers also received a salary and all benefits, as any other contract employees would. Today that is by far the exception rather than the rule. Almost no photographers receive salaries or benefits and are still expected to sign over any rights for work for hire jobs. ASMP advices all photographers to refuse work for hire agreements. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com