 Pete Kuszmaul |
What Rights Are Associated With Selling Prints? I am selling prints to a State Park concessionaire so they can make postcards. What are my rights as far as future use of the pictures and what is a common price for selling prints like this?
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John A. Lind |
It depends on the specific details in the contractual agreement you make with the concessionare paying you for the photographs. There are all manner of conditions that can be written into such an agreement, ranging from outright relinqushment and transfer of image copyright from you to the concessionaire to exclusivity rights for for specific uses (e.g. they're the only ones who can make/sell postcards of them, but you can use the image for other purposes, such as gallery prints much bigger than postcard size). Another potential legal issue: -- John
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Tom Darmody |
Pete- John's advice is right on. Price is based on too many factors to give you a set amount. Along with the contract and release information that John mentioned I wanted to add one more very important factor. Your photographs should be registered with the US Copyright Office before you sell anything. When selling photographs there is allways the chance that your copyright may be violated (your image reproduced in a way other than what the contract specifies). Having the images registered makes the process of going after violaters much easier and will will effect the amount of damages you can collect. You can Google "photograph copyright forms" and print the forms you need. It doesn't cost much and is very simple to do and in the long run will save you alot of time and hard work.
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