Exclusive rights pricing?

[promans]

Originally Posted by Free

Wow, that's a great shot!

But surely you can't ethically (and depending on your contract perhaps legally) give "exclusive rights" when you've had it sitting there with a Creative Commons license for 5 months?

If they pay you for exclusive rights and then see the image somewhere else that that was obtained legally before you changed the license the person paying wouldn't be very impressed!

Is there any way of knowing that it isn't already in use?

Thanks... funny to think how much more I have learned since then. Ha!
If you like those shots, check out my more recent ones from Chicago 1: U2 - Chicago, September 12, 2009 - a set on Flickr
And here is Chicago 2: U2 - Chicago, September 13, 2009 - a set on Flickr


I am going to say no to the "exclusive rights" thing. From the sounds of things, I might as well sell the entire copywrites. Not in my best interest to be honest.

Getting some money on any of my material is always a plus- new gear!

[dcclark]

Originally Posted by promans

I am going to say no to the "exclusive rights" thing. From the sounds of things, I might as well sell the entire copywrites. Not in my best interest to be honest.

Getting some money on any of my material is always a plus- new gear!

Don't sell the copyright to your images. Only license others to use it, unless they're paying you MASSIVE amount of money and you don't care about doing anything ever again with the image.

[promans]

Originally Posted by dcclark

Don't sell the copyright to your images. Only license others to use it, unless they're paying you MASSIVE amount of money and you don't care about doing anything ever again with the image.

Completely understood. I have no intent to ever sell the rights away unless offered a jet for the image. ;^)

Thanks again!