Interesting. Having been an IT contractor for the last 5 years, I was familiar with that aspect of work-for-hire.
Luckily, in this case, this has been a personal project. No contract, hiring or reimbursement of expenses as ever taken place, so I do believe the rights issue is clear. But for the sake of argument, how much would one expect to get paid on such an endeavor, when you have to set up and shoot everyday or so for eight months? I figure an average of 20 to 30 minutes a day, from -20C in April to -20C in November so far. Plus costs of supplies and lab ... Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 14 November, 2002 20:02 Subject: Re: How do I price this? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michel Adam > Subject: How do I price this? > > > > This will probably be limited to a dozen pictures, and I might > > not even do the scanning, but how do I go about pricing this? > > Price it reasonably, or else you may not get paid at all. > > > > Keeping in mind that I would want to protect my future > potential > > income derived from the many hundreds of shots I took. > > > > Has anyone done anything similar to this before? > > > > Any pointers to sources on the web? What traps to avoid? > > Regarding pricing, I advise you to price your work in such a way > as to ensure that you get paid for it. If you get greedy, or the > customer thinks your price is unreasonable, you may not get paid > at all. > I was involved in an identical deal some years ago when an > associate of mine was photographing a hotel being built. We went > out once a week, same time of day, same locations precisely (we > chalk marked where the tripod legs were to sit in as many places > as we could). and yes, it worked out to several hundred images. > When it came time to determine usage agreements, we discovered > something about Canadian copyright law which was a bit of an eye > opener. > It turns out that the pictures were taken on a work for hire > basis. If we hadn't been hired to do the job, and hadn't been > paid to do the job, the pictures would not have been taken. > The sad reality was that my friend didn't own the rights to the > pictures. Under the law, he was considered a contractor to the > developer. The guy who was paying the tab owned the rights to > the images, the same way he owned the rights to the work of the > people who were constructing the building. > Unless you have rights and a usage agreement spelled out in a > contract, the person who is actually paying for the work owns > the work. > End of story. > > William Robb > > > > > Thanks > > > > Michel > >
