ajmall
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I am looking at submitting photos to a London image library. Part of their guidelines are as reads:
We offer a standard 3 year contract, which will license us to sell reproduction
rights to the images that you have placed with us. Revenues obtained depend on
the rights required by our clients, but all revenues are shared on a 50/50 basis with
the photographer. Photographers retain full copyright for their images, and may
exhibit them, sell prints for personal, non-commercial use and use them for self-promotion.
As far as copyright goes, can I effectively take 2 shots of the same thing from the same viewpoint (so they will basically look identical) and use one for submission and the other image for my own other commercial use?
Just in case that's not clear, here's another way of putting it:
I take 2 photos in quick sucession (photo A and B) of a building. Photo "A" I submit to the library and "B" I keep for myself and use for other commerical usage. Am I in infringement of the contract above?
I'm guessing it's OK but is there some crazy law that stops me? Oh, and this will in the UK!
Thanks
We offer a standard 3 year contract, which will license us to sell reproduction
rights to the images that you have placed with us. Revenues obtained depend on
the rights required by our clients, but all revenues are shared on a 50/50 basis with
the photographer. Photographers retain full copyright for their images, and may
exhibit them, sell prints for personal, non-commercial use and use them for self-promotion.
As far as copyright goes, can I effectively take 2 shots of the same thing from the same viewpoint (so they will basically look identical) and use one for submission and the other image for my own other commercial use?
Just in case that's not clear, here's another way of putting it:
I take 2 photos in quick sucession (photo A and B) of a building. Photo "A" I submit to the library and "B" I keep for myself and use for other commerical usage. Am I in infringement of the contract above?
I'm guessing it's OK but is there some crazy law that stops me? Oh, and this will in the UK!
Thanks