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I price things sorta differently, mainly session fee wise. Yes, they are using the photos as advertising, but, I will get a heck of a lot more for the cover of a magazine like KV vet than I will for the photo I sold for the cover of Dog News.
I get a lot less covers of *commercial* magazines though. I make more money off of portraits, as they are more emotionally based vs need based. You buy more from wants than you do needs.
If I put it on the web, I know it will probably be lifted. If I put it on my web gallery site, it is heavily watermarked with "Image not purchased" and my name in a opaque bar.
It's amazing how the internet has changed how people think about copyrights... kids all think music is free. Want a new song on your ipod? Just go to someone's myspace and download it.
Most of my clients would not scan my work or lift an image from my website, BUT, I have to say that some of them do. And I know they do because I friend them on facebook and see lots of familiar looking profile pictures and wall photos. Some of them honestly think that if they buy the print, they have the right to scan it. I have no idea how they rationalize copying and using an image they don't even buy! I try to watermark everything, but I'm sure some of them figure out how to get around that, too.
I can't imagine that someone thinks an internet image is going to be the right quality and resolution for a magazine! Amazing!
And as far as lifting images, I guess no matter what we say or do, there will be people who steal.
Last edited by TeresaBerg; 07/21/09 09:59 PM.
