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| Venom |
Copyright fears spark photo alertBritain's future photographers have been warned they must protect their copyright because it will serve as their 'lifeblood', allowing freelancers to build up their businesses.'The only reason one can sell images to so many markets at the same time is because you own your copyright. It is a very precious commodity. Nobody should be allowed to take it away from you,' said Pete Jenkins, vice-chair of the National Union of Journalists' Photographers Sub-Committee. Addressing University of Westminster students this week Jenkins stressed the importance of retaining copyright in today's market of 'fee erosion' and 'increasingly detrimental' contracts. 'I can't make enough money from a single commission, or a single sale to a newspaper but thanks to my copyright I can sell the right to use my images to multiple clients, again and again and again,' he said. Jenkins pointed out that under copyright legislation no-one is allowed to copy, use or otherwise make money from an original work 'without reference to the creator and appropriate payment'. He told the students: 'When I was younger we didn't have copyright in the same way that we do today. I could go and do a half-day shift for a newspaper such as the Daily Telegraph and earn £60. This would be the same as a forklift truck driver would earn in a week. In 1978 these were 60 very good reasons to stop being a forklift truck driver and become a full-time professional sports photographer.' Jenkins asserted: 'Thirty years later a similar warehouseman will be earning £300 but that same sports shift for a national newspaper will earn the photographer between £135 and £175 depending on the publication – the same as in 1994. As photographers' overheads have more than doubled since then it is clear that the overall value of photography has gone down and this seriously affects photographers' ability to earn a living.' For details of copyright legislation visit www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm |
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| carlj |
This does lead nicely onto the debate of rights ownership. Earth tremor in Kent, the Beeb ask for your photos and videos, with the proviso that they have then an unalienable right to use your image as they wish without recompense. You retain copyright, which means they will credit your shot with your name.
How much do they save with this attitude? |
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| hil26 |
Lots and lots |
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| Norwall |
You don't even retain copyright. By submitting your image you grant them that as well. (See item 9 of their terms and conditions). | ||
| creators |
Enter the 'Muppet Zone', people have no idea what they are doing but will give it all away for their moment of 'glory'. The BEEB, for example, get a hot line to breaking news from any Muppet with a digi phone/camera without the Muppets realizing that they are being robbed blind. Then you have thieving b******s like the National Trust who charge you an arm and a leg for a professional shoot on any of their properties and then have the damned gall to have first rights to any picture you have taken at no cost to them. GRAHHHHHHHHH! 
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