What would you say if someone wanted to use your photo in a commercial or business purpose. Would you ask for a fee and if so how much?
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(8 posts)- Started 13 years ago by spytefear
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not resolved - poll: Should you try to make money out of your photos?Yes : (6 votes)
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Posted 13 years ago #
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I've just used someone's flickr image on the front of our website, but checked that it was under a CC BY (Creative commons attribution) license. So I attributed and linked back.
Not sure the owner's feelings about this, but that's what the license said :)
Posted 13 years ago # -
I voted no, but it's a personal thing. I've had quite a number of illustrations (aircraft mainly, a few warships, a nuclear reactor diagram or two!) where people have approached and asked to use them. I've always said yes so long as there is attribution as I originally did the things for my own amusement and to share with others (via Wikipedia mainly).
I've had 1 or 2 requests for some of my photos on Flickr and again said yes. Again it's because I put them up there to share with people.
I think I put most stuff under CC-BY-SA or even copyleft on Wikipedia.
So that doesn't answer your question at all, does it? I think for me to change my mind it would depend on who is asking. I think the things I've drawn are so niche that no one has ever been looking to make a big profit out of them. If someone was, I'd be looking for the slice of the cake. I once wrote a stern letter to the BBC when I found them passing off a (cr*p) little illustration of HMS Edinburgh as HMS Nottingham without attribution and claiming BBC copyright.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Good photography is skill like any other and if some one is willing to pay for it then you shouldn't be to worried about taking some cash from them.
Posted 13 years ago # -
At work I expect to pay for every photo I use. And as I can't take a decent photo to save myself I think that it's only fair that people who can do it well make some money from it.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I'll declare an interest as I have sold a few photos in the past, and I know a couple of full-time pros who tear their hair out at the amount of free photography that ends up being used by media outlets that really should be paying for it.
Charges - when relevant - are dependent on use; when I've been asked for a figure I've checked out charges on Alamy and settled on a price somewhere between 50 and 100% of the Alamy fee (Alamy take around 50% of the fee they charge and pass the rest on to the photographer).
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Company is Am€y... does that make anyone think again?
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If they wanted to use your photo in a commercial or business purpose, then yes they should pay, after all they are trying to make money from your work. If they are asking to use it for a not for profit purpose, then it is a different issue.
I have had some of my photos used without permission and without attribution, which really annoyed me, as that is just plain theft. Mostly, when people ask, I say yes to their using it.
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