That's true, but... (was: Free and royalty-free photos..)

I completely agree... the TRUE cost of purchasing a professional photograph 
for exclusive ownership is astounding! I've paid the price many times...

Fortunately, these photos won't need to be associated with the clients' 
product. Correct me if I'm wrong, but one of the reasons to seek an 
exclusive copyright is if the model/scene/item is an integral part of your 
business. (ex: the model is wearing a dress sold at JCPenney for JCPenney, 
or maybe it's of Vanna White riding the Wheele of Fortune wheele!) A full 
copyright will also give you the freedom to use faces and particular artwork 
for all of your distribution packets, like the stack of gold coins used by 
Cross Check, Inc.

Yes, being granted "non-exclusive" rights to a photo means that I, you, or 
the guy next door can use that particular photo on any website once 
purchased, but that's ok when you're talking about general banner 
advertisements or just adding a little something special to spice up a page. 
And that's all we're going for here... I'm just surprised to see it for so 
cheap!! I mean, twenty bucks ain't bad for a professonal-looking snapshot 
that would only be used one time... one that I certainly can't take myself, 
you know?

Thanks again,
Denise


>From: aliza(at)teleport.com
>To: hwg-graphics(at)mail.hwg.org
>Subject: Free and royalty-free photos..
>Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:22:10 -0700 (MST)
>
>I agree that with Paul that any "royalty-free" photos that you use will
>never be fully free of the copyright which is owned by the original artist.
>Unless that artist/photographer specifically releases it to you as her or
>his client.
>
>It seems to me in this age of free web offers, that people forget the real
>costs of art, photography and illustrative work. These are costs that have
>been readily faced by hard copy publishers, but are now newly being faced 
>by
>independant web site designers.
>
>If you haven't been an art director or involved in design previously, you
>probably aren't aware of the real cost of using illustrative work in your
>various projects.  I see a lot of posts querying where to get 'cheap
>photos', which I find sad. I feel the aesthetic quality of the sites these
>people design must reflect their search for free or minimal-cost content.
>
>Aliza Drinard-Miscoe
>
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