Band shoot agreement

[Schwettylens]

Can someone point me to the right direction? I have googled it but yield no result. I want some kind of a legal document between me and the band I am shooting. I want them to have the rights to do these:
1. personal use prints
2. display the image for band promotion on their website and facebook


Everything else, they have to contact me.

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[CCericola]

Google : Lawyer Denver Colorado

I don't think you will have much luck looking for a free contract that is so specific.

[Kombipete]

Christina is right. Talk to a lawyer. In some places, like here, the photographer (the creator) owns the copyright of anything they make unless specified otherwise - like a contract where you sign the rights over to another person/company. And even then you might still have the right to use them for promotional use in a portfolio etc.

[Schwettylens]

Even if the agreement is not bulletproof, at least I got something. I am just a nobody photographer who will shoot a nobody band that has a big chance making it to the top. Help?

[CCericola]

Schwettylens, email me at christina@csjstudios.com and I will send you a PDF of all kinds of photography forms. It came free with a photography law book I bought years ago. There might be something in there that could work. And it is cheaper to bring a contract already written to a lawyer. He/She will only have to tweak it for you.

[Schwettylens]

Christina, perfect! My wife is a lawyer so that would be a good start.

[IByte]

Even if the agreement is not bulletproof, at least I got something. I am just a nobody photographer who will shoot a nobody band that has a big chance making it to the top. Help?

My only guess for contract templates would be legalzoom.com
They might have similar contracts for you.

[imagemaker46]

I draw up simple agreements spelling out exactly what I am offering and what they are expecting, as long as they all sign and date it, in my books that makes it a binding agreement. Maybe it's just a Canadian thing, but I hate dealing with lawyers of any kind, and don't feel that I have to instantly go to one to work out a simple agreement. I have clients that draw up similar agreements with me, and lawyers aren't involved.

Whatever happened to a signature and handshake being good enough?

[Kerbouchard]

I draw up simple agreements spelling out exactly what I am offering and what they are expecting, as long as they all sign and date it, in my books that makes it a binding agreement. Maybe it's just a Canadian thing, but I hate dealing with lawyers of any kind, and don't feel that I have to instantly go to one to work out a simple agreement. I have clients that draw up similar agreements with me, and lawyers aren't involved.

Whatever happened to a signature and handshake being good enough?

It still is. A signature and a handshake are just as binding as they used to be. The laws aren't that complicated to understand, and often, a few rational, relatively intelligent people can negotiate a legally binding contract on their own.

IMO, lawyers come into play when a contract is breached...not when it is created, and even in that case, you don't need a lawyer to sue.

[digital flower]

That band is finally going to get a contract

[Steve5D]

Can someone point me to the right direction? I have googled it but yield no result. I want some kind of a legal document between me and the band I am shooting. I want them to have the rights to do these:
1. personal use prints
2. display the image for band promotion on their website and facebook

Everything else, they have to contact me.

With regards to #2, why would you expect them to give you the right to display your photos on their website or Facebook page? That would also require that they provide you with a password to those sites.

Good luck with that...

[Buckster]

Can someone point me to the right direction? I have googled it but yield no result. I want some kind of a legal document between me and the band I am shooting. I want them to have the rights to do these:
1. personal use prints
2. display the image for band promotion on their website and facebook

Everything else, they have to contact me.

With regards to #2, why would you expect them to give you the right to display your photos on their website or Facebook page? That would also require that they provide you with a password to those sites.

Good luck with that...

I think you misread it...

[Steve5D]

Can someone point me to the right direction? I have googled it but yield no result. I want some kind of a legal document between me and the band I am shooting. I want them to have the rights to do these:
1. personal use prints
2. display the image for band promotion on their website and facebook

Everything else, they have to contact me.

With regards to #2, why would you expect them to give you the right to display your photos on their website or Facebook page? That would also require that they provide you with a password to those sites.

Good luck with that...

I think you misread it...

Indeed.

It was late...