I'm fairly new to Alamy. One thing I find alarming (and maybe I'm alarming myself for no reason at all) is that I'm finding a ton of RM and RF images that are not model released or property released and are not restricted to just editorial distribution when they should be. I'm even finding RF images with brand names being the central focus of the image!?
Is this a matter of contributors not following the rules, and Alamy
not policing the matter? Should I not concern myself in that the
buyers will know better? I'm a bit confused by the whole thing.
Per the site:**************
As it is not possible to set usage restrictions on Royalty-Free (RF)
images, you need to ensure that all RF images are free from potential
legal issues for our clients. There are some things which should never
be Royalty-Free (RF), and should always be Licenced (L). These include
the following:
* People with no model release.
* Domestic buildings with no property release.
* Famous people.
* Logos, trademarks, copyrighted buildings.
o Images which are of a logo and little else should not be
uploaded to Alamy as they represent a breach of copyright.
o Where a logo/trademark is incidental to an image (i.e.
it's visible in the image but isn't the central focus), these images
can be submitted, but must be Licenced (L). You should restrict these
images for Editorial use only, as below (see the section on
restrictions for guidance on how to do this).
+ All Countries; Direct Mail/Brochures; All Medias;
All Industries; All Sub-industries
+ All Countries; Multimedia; All Medias; All
Industries; All Sub-industries
+ All Countries; Consumer Goods; All Medias; All
Industries; All Sub-industries
+ All Countries; Display; All Medias; All Industries;
All Sun-industries
+ All Countries; Advertising/Promotion; All Medias;
All Industries; All Sub-industries
+ All Countries; Personal/Presentations; All Medias;
All Industries; All Sub-industries
Examples of subject matter which should definitely not be submitted as
Royalty-Free are:
* General non-released celebrities
* Las Vegas sign
* Gerkin building London
* Eiffel tower at night
* Guggenheim museum
* City of arts and sciences Valencia
* Hollywood sign Los Angeles
* Oscar Award
* European union flag
* Olympic rings
* Atomium Monument
* Henry Moore Sculptures
* New York Chrysler building
* New York radio city
* Paris Louvre
* Paris La Defence
* Coca cola logo
* McDonalds logo
* Apple Mac logo
You should also be aware of the necessity to gain permission to take
photographs on private property, particularly in the case of museums
and art galleries. Permission is required regardless of whether the
image is going to be sold for editorial or commercial purposes. If you
have not been granted permission, then images of these subjects should
not be submitted to Alamy.
You should never put duplicates of images, or similar images on the
site, one licenced as L and one as RF. Image duplication may
potentially have legal implications for the contributor and in
addition is not aesthetically pleasing to our customers.
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Here's a link to the licenses and guidelines that detail this
information:
http://www.alamy.com/licensing.aspAm I missing something? I mean I'm even looking at photographers that have over 40,000 images on the site and they aren't restricting their images - should they be? Does it make a difference?
Thanks.