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General Stock Discussion / Re: Quick question about selling my images
« on: April 19, 2008, 16:16 »
The easiest way to look at this is this.
The stock agencies are tools in our vast tool chest to promote our images for sale. the commission that they take is like a tool rental.
We as photographers own the copyrights we just use the companies to promote our images. Now in the cases of the stolen images being submitted the owner of the copyrights is the solely responsible for initiating claims of wrong doing. Also if the copyright owner wants to pursue the offending person in legal actions, he/she must be the one filling the claim or a lawyer in their behalf.
So the copyright owner needs to be vigil in keeping up with his images and where they may be used. This may seem daunting to alot that have large portfolios on many sites. But this is one of the choices that you made when you decided in going into stock photography.
The stock agencies are tools in our vast tool chest to promote our images for sale. the commission that they take is like a tool rental.
We as photographers own the copyrights we just use the companies to promote our images. Now in the cases of the stolen images being submitted the owner of the copyrights is the solely responsible for initiating claims of wrong doing. Also if the copyright owner wants to pursue the offending person in legal actions, he/she must be the one filling the claim or a lawyer in their behalf.
So the copyright owner needs to be vigil in keeping up with his images and where they may be used. This may seem daunting to alot that have large portfolios on many sites. But this is one of the choices that you made when you decided in going into stock photography.
