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Price setting at Pond5
Pond5 Crew:
--- Quote from: Poncke on October 21, 2012, 14:59 ---
--- Quote from: trek on October 21, 2012, 10:58 ---"Pond5 grants Licensee a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual right to use, display, modify, publish and create Works for Distribution incorporating Licensed Content in any and all media an unlimited number of times."
Very broad terms... creates a reason to set prices on the high side.
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Thanks, I was tempted to sign up, but that basically means you are giving away copyright. They can alter the image and give it away for free to 7 billion people.
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As a stand-alone sentence it may seems like very vague language however if you read the entire license (http://www.pond5.com/legal/license), you will see quite a few 3) Restrictions on Use. To avoid misconception as you describe above, there is the (d.) paragraph of Restrictions of Use. Giving away copyright is certainly not the case. Artist always retains the copyright and has the right to take media file offline at any time, without a notice.
-Byba, Pond5 Crew
THP Creative:
--- Quote from: Pond5 Crew on October 23, 2012, 18:29 ---
--- Quote from: Poncke on October 21, 2012, 14:59 ---
--- Quote from: trek on October 21, 2012, 10:58 ---"Pond5 grants Licensee a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual right to use, display, modify, publish and create Works for Distribution incorporating Licensed Content in any and all media an unlimited number of times."
Very broad terms... creates a reason to set prices on the high side.
--- End quote ---
Thanks, I was tempted to sign up, but that basically means you are giving away copyright. They can alter the image and give it away for free to 7 billion people.
--- End quote ---
As a stand-alone sentence it may seems like very vague language however if you read the entire license (http://www.pond5.com/legal/license), you will see quite a few 3) Restrictions on Use. To avoid misconception as you describe above, there is the (d.) paragraph of Restrictions of Use. Giving away copyright is certainly not the case. Artist always retains the copyright and has the right to take media file offline at any time, without a notice.
-Byba, Pond5 Crew
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Thanks for dropping by and adding your thoughts, it's great to see an agency active in the forums.
Do Pond5 have any intention of adding an Extended License option, to allow for some of the restrictions at any point? Also, perhaps setting a usage limit (e.g.: 250,000 like most of the other agencies) would bring the agreement into line with the rest of the industry a little more.
Thanks again for your input.
Poncke:
--- Quote from: Pond5 Crew on October 23, 2012, 18:29 ---
--- Quote from: Poncke on October 21, 2012, 14:59 ---
--- Quote from: trek on October 21, 2012, 10:58 ---"Pond5 grants Licensee a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual right to use, display, modify, publish and create Works for Distribution incorporating Licensed Content in any and all media an unlimited number of times."
Very broad terms... creates a reason to set prices on the high side.
--- End quote ---
Thanks, I was tempted to sign up, but that basically means you are giving away copyright. They can alter the image and give it away for free to 7 billion people.
--- End quote ---
As a stand-alone sentence it may seems like very vague language however if you read the entire license (http://www.pond5.com/legal/license), you will see quite a few 3) Restrictions on Use. To avoid misconception as you describe above, there is the (d.) paragraph of Restrictions of Use. Giving away copyright is certainly not the case. Artist always retains the copyright and has the right to take media file offline at any time, without a notice.
-Byba, Pond5 Crew
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Thanks, I started submitting. Over 200 photos uploaded. Waiting for some answers from support because the editing is quite complicated.
Pond5 Crew:
--- Quote from: Microstock Man on October 23, 2012, 23:10 ---
--- Quote from: Pond5 Crew on October 23, 2012, 18:29 ---
--- Quote from: Poncke on October 21, 2012, 14:59 ---
--- Quote from: trek on October 21, 2012, 10:58 ---"Pond5 grants Licensee a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual right to use, display, modify, publish and create Works for Distribution incorporating Licensed Content in any and all media an unlimited number of times."
Very broad terms... creates a reason to set prices on the high side.
--- End quote ---
Thanks, I was tempted to sign up, but that basically means you are giving away copyright. They can alter the image and give it away for free to 7 billion people.
--- End quote ---
As a stand-alone sentence it may seems like very vague language however if you read the entire license (http://www.pond5.com/legal/license), you will see quite a few 3) Restrictions on Use. To avoid misconception as you describe above, there is the (d.) paragraph of Restrictions of Use. Giving away copyright is certainly not the case. Artist always retains the copyright and has the right to take media file offline at any time, without a notice.
-Byba, Pond5 Crew
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Thanks for dropping by and adding your thoughts, it's great to see an agency active in the forums.
Do Pond5 have any intention of adding an Extended License option, to allow for some of the restrictions at any point? Also, perhaps setting a usage limit (e.g.: 250,000 like most of the other agencies) would bring the agreement into line with the rest of the industry a little more.
Thanks again for your input.
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Pond5 is thinking of adding an extended license however it is not in our project dev queue within next half a year.
Poncke:
How about replying to support tickets and sorting the site out for photo editing??
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