This stuff has been a problem for a long time. I'm a fan of the Chicago Bears Football team. At an outdoor art fair, I found a bunch of 1960's photos of Chicago Bear players. I bought several and talked to the old guy selling them.
He turned out to be the photographer. George Halas, the team owner/coach/a founder of the league had hired him to take photos. Halas gave him a sidelines pass to the games, and then would review his photos. Halas then bought only copies of the photos he liked for the club to use. The photographer showed me a cover photo of Gale Sayers that appeared on the programs. Halas had a reputation as a tight fisted business man, but he out foxed himself in this case. He never bought the rights to the pictures or the negatives. I doubt he had the money (free cash flow) and was cutting costs. So this photographer had the photos and reproduction rights to some Hall of Fame shots. Stuff like Mike Ditka blocking for Gail Sayers, or Vince Lombardi, Bart Star, and Paul Horning talking over the next play against the Bears. Sometimes the photographer wins... Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:40 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jerry in Arizona" > Subject: Re: About awkward copyright releases > >> What they are saying is that they don't want you making money at their >> expense, >> without them getting a part of it. It's called business. >> > > I like to think that business involves good for each party, not just for one > party. > This isn't business, it's usury. > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
