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Agency Based Discussion => Alamy.com => Topic started by: yuliang11 on October 28, 2009, 11:11

Title: Royalty Free, Rights managed & licensed
Post by: yuliang11 on October 28, 2009, 11:11

just curious. why is buying a royalty free photo much,much cheaper than licensed ? it seems RF offers a lot more advantage from a buyer perspective,right?

Title: Re: Royalty Free, Rights managed & licensed
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on October 28, 2009, 15:01

It isn't necessarily cheaper, and the advantage is that you get the image you want, if it is only available as RM.

Title: Re: Royalty Free, Rights managed & licensed
Post by: Karimala on October 28, 2009, 17:54

There's less chance for competing companies to purchase identical images. 

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116467838729434053-j1YX6tWZ7hTQ_MqzLcRfX2utcSE_20071127.html (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116467838729434053-j1YX6tWZ7hTQ_MqzLcRfX2utcSE_20071127.html)

Title: Re: Royalty Free, Rights managed & licensed
Post by: ap on October 28, 2009, 18:07

Quote from: Karimala on October 28, 2009, 17:54

There's less chance for competing companies to purchase identical images. 

[url]http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116467838729434053-j1YX6tWZ7hTQ_MqzLcRfX2utcSE_20071127.html[/url] ([url]http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116467838729434053-j1YX6tWZ7hTQ_MqzLcRfX2utcSE_20071127.html[/url])

great article!

Title: Re: Royalty Free, Rights managed & licensed
Post by: yuliang11 on October 28, 2009, 19:17

great info. i noticed that photos with human face without model release can be right managed & licensed , and photos with model release can be  RF.i wonder why on earth would someone pay like 10 times ore more for a licensed file without model release ?

Title: Re: Royalty Free, Rights managed & licensed
Post by: madelaide on October 28, 2009, 19:36

I think you are mixing things.  You need a release for commercial use, RF or RM (L in Alamy).  If you don't have a release, the image is basically usable only for editorial content.

Title: Re: Royalty Free, Rights managed & licensed
Post by: yuliang11 on October 28, 2009, 20:50

Quote from: madelaide on October 28, 2009, 19:36

I think you are mixing things.  You need a release for commercial use, RF or RM (L in Alamy).  If you don't have a release, the image is basically usable only for editorial content.

thanks.  but there's a huge difference in price between L & RF