If you buy an exclusive license of a photo and than sell it again, what would you think of that. can you do it, or ist it morally wrong?
I just discovered one image on fotolia which has already 38 dls and the exclusive license is only 100$. Its just a thought..
Maybe one should just contact the Photographer to increase his price.

Regards

Jan

I just checked the Fotolia site and their Exclusive Buyout license does NOT allow the buyer to resell the image.  Here is the quote from Chad:

"You can only resell products with the image on it such as a poster or greeting card if you have the exclusive buyout license of the extended rf license. Reselling the original image is not allowed."

Here is the link:

http://blog.fotolia.com/us/faq/main/buyout.html

Does anyone know of a site (besides LuckyOliver) that allows the resale of an image via an Exclusive Buyout?

it may not be an exclusive buy out, but the bennies are about the same for the buyer......

from LO's user agreement

"Extended License
The Extended License permits broader use of the Original Size image than our Standard License Terms allow. Permitted uses of content purchased with the Extended License include:

Design template applications intended for resale;
Marketing products and services on websites or other venues for "on demand" products, including postcards, mugs, t-shirts, posters and other items (this includes custom designed websites, as well as sites such as www.zazzle.com);
Any posters (printed on paper, canvas or any other media) or other items for resale, license or other distribution;
There is no "limited run" restriction on the resale of items making use of Extended License imagery. We make no special distinction between physical products or electronic items for resale. The use of the Extended License constitutes a license for an unlimited run."

Quote from: GeoPappas on February 03, 2007, 07:06

Most Exclusive licenses don't allow the resale of the image itself.  The only site that I know that allows you to resell the image is LuckyOliver.  Does Fotolia allow that?

If the license allows it, then there should be no moral issues associated with it.

what? Lucky Oliver doesn't even have a buy out option.

Yes, they do. 

Here are the LO terms for a buy-out (bold-facing added by me):

"When you put a 'buy-it-out' price on your image, you're basically telling a potential buyer how much it will cost them to own the exclusive rights to your image. Exclusive rights mean that the person who purchases the photo will own the rights to your image; you will no longer own those rights.

If a buyer purchases your photo through the buy-it-out option, they can then use the photo however they see fit. They could put it on a billboard, use it as the background for a magazine ad, create and sell a set of greeting cards, create prints and sell them at their local craft fair or even put it on LuckyOliver and earn royalties on it. That's why you'll want to think about your buy-it-out price carefully -- because you're basically handing over the ownership of that image to another person or company."

Here is the web page:

http://www.luckyoliver.com/guide/buyout_price

Hmm.  I wasn't aware of the Exclusive Buy-out, only the Extended License.  I know my images are available in EL (that's the check-box we have when uploading).  How much do they pay for the EB and how do we opt-int/out from it?

Regards,
Adelaide

I'm not sure I'd want to buy some microstock to sell as microstock, although legal under the LO license, It just dosn't sound right to me..

Having said that, I'm in the process of negotiating the purchase of a large film stock collection from a local photographer.  He has never had them with a stock agency, and as of last year is very retired, and is not interested in the indexing/keywording that would be required to get them online.

This would be for macro stock sale though, as they are drum-scanned MF velia and provia travel scenic shots, not really the stuff Micros are good for, and given the cost of the collection I'll be looking for a top dollar return with good proven rights protection.  Alamy here we come.

Cheers, Me.

I couldn't find it either. Even tried to submit using their webtool. I find the link that talks about it, but nowhere to set it. It would have to be set very high for me to opt in and only on a case by case basis.

I like the opt in at DT. Price automatically goes up each time you sell one. Ends up at $3000 plus. I don't have too many images at this point that I wouldn't sell all rights to for that. Hopefully that will change.

Guys, the Buyout option only shows up if you select an image to be exclusive. It gives you the option to set your own price. This is on every photo page in your portfolio section.  Hope this helps!

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for the clearing the matter.  I was feeling a bit left out of the Exclusive Buy-outs. 

Anyway, although I would love to sell an image at a very high price, I suppose the same idea applied at LO that we see in DT (if I remember it right) that we should be able not only to remove an image from other sites, but also similar images. Am I wrong?

Regards,
Adelaide

Leaf,

Yes, in LO's case my question is be about the similar images (exclusive or not). 

In DT exclusivity is not required (though I think this might be something tha someone paying US$300+ for an image might consider when making choices).

Regards,
Adelaide