Help please with wedding photos being published in book

[Michael Thomas Mitchell]

Yes, you are correct and my own response is consistent with that. HOWEVER, if his contract specifically states that both he and the bride own the copyright, then she would have a pretty good case to support a 50% stake of ownership, artist or not, wouldn't you say?

Again, the fault is in the contract because it confuses copyright with licensing.

most of the responses here suck a fart. (not all)

COPYRIGHT remains with the person whom took the photos... go to court and find out.

I'm no-one but I've been taking photos for a million years. If you want to publish one of them... ask me really nicely or you'll end up 30K short like the last b!tch whom on-sold my photos because of a contract she didn't read right.

The judge will always rule in favour of the "artist" whom took the photos and owns them.

The bride owns notheing and never will... all she can do is show the snaps to her friends.

 

[JimP101]

most of the responses here suck a fart. (not all)

COPYRIGHT remains with the person whom took the photos... go to court and find out.

I'm no-one but I've been taking photos for a million years. If you want to publish one of them... ask me really nicely or you'll end up 30K short like the last b!tch whom on-sold my photos because of a contract she didn't read right.

The judge will always rule in favour of the "artist" whom took the photos and owns them.

The bride owns notheing and never will... all she can do is show the snaps to her friends.

Do you include this text in your Terms and Conditions?

 

[Haakon Dewing]

most of the responses here suck a fart. (not all)

COPYRIGHT remains with the person whom took the photos... go to court and find out.

I'm no-one but I've been taking photos for a million years. If you want to publish one of them... ask me really nicely or you'll end up 30K short like the last b!tch whom on-sold my photos because of a contract she didn't read right.

The judge will always rule in favour of the "artist" whom took the photos and owns them.

The bride owns notheing and never will... all she can do is show the snaps to her friends.

Do you include this text in your Terms and Conditions?

LOL!
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4. USE

The Licence to Use comes into effect from the date of payment of the relevant invoice(s). No use may be made of the Photographs before payment in

full of the relevant invoice(s) without the Photographer's express permission. Breach of this term will result in a B!tch slap. Ooh-Rah.

 

[nitropizza]

all of my contracts are either straight from the ACMP or AIPP booklets provded to their members annually. Or a derivative of.

The contracts in those booklets cover almost every commercial situation not just weddings.

In my case it was a commercial (billboard) shoot. I did it for charity when I found out the proceeds would go to Kids Cancer I didn't send the client my invoice but rather asked to be prominent on the website as a sponsor of the event.
When she on-sold my photos for her personal gain/profit

(meaning that money "was not" going to kids cancer rather it was used for her to recover some of her costs) That's my money!! Not hers.

Bill.

 

[nitropizza]

my work is never free. I just so disagree with BAK. Nothing persoanl but you even go as far as to suggest that the OP does more post processing for the publisher.

Never work for free. The publisher will no doubt have a parent company possibly Murdoch??

If the war verterans are offering their story for free that's one thing. But there's an entire business strategy going on in the publishers office. They have accountants and they know the numbers.

Minimum...Your permission is needed on a CONTRACT. Someone needs to spell out exactly what the photos are for.