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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: grace on October 11, 2017, 00:04
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Hi everyone, I have a question regarding the Commercial or Editorial. I have a photo it mostly accepted in A,B,C agency and it under commercial, but agency D not accepted it as commercial it requested artwork property release.
May I know can I sell as commercial on A,B,C agency but sell editorial in agency D? Thanks
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May I know can I sell as commercial on A,B,C agency but sell editorial in agency D? Thanks
Need to check the specific licensing agreement terms on A, B, C and D.
Most likely it shouldn't be an issue. What would be an issue is licensing one as Royalty-Free and another as Rights-Managed, regardless of whether it's commercial or editorial.
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Hi everyone, I have a question regarding the Commercial or Editorial. I have a photo it mostly accepted in A,B,C agency and it under commercial, but agency D not accepted it as commercial it requested artwork property release.
May I know can I sell as commercial on A,B,C agency but sell editorial in agency D? Thanks
Let me guess, SS and BS. They got very picky with certain things, not even editorial would work. Example: you can sell a photo of a person but not a photo of a handicraft made by that person. I think it comes down to lots of trademark issues, for example the Maya women launched a lawsuit because their textile pattern was used by a clothing company. That will cut down on themes, again. But if the handicraft is part of a big picture is ok, not when photo is focusing only on a certain item. Photo themes are getting cut back more and more, sooner or later everybody is going to shoot sliced veggies only.