RE: More ethics...

["Steve Hudson" <steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au>]

A portrait would definitely fall under "Work for Hire", let alone the
subject has every right to claim royalties on the work unless they signed a
waver, as it is their image that is being used for reproduction. Every TV
studio has a very important sign at eye height as you walk in that reads
similar to "By entering these premises you agree to allow the use of your
image by us for whatever.".

Steve Hudson
Principal Technical Writer
Wright Technologies (Aus)
steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au
(612) 9518-1822
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Plato

> If I get a portrait done of my lovely wife
> and run that through a high-res scanner, it
> seems I'm supposed to pay the portrait painter
> each time I sell a copy, unless I have a piece
> of paper entitling me to reproduction rights
> for the image.
>
> The difference is...?

You didn't get the first copy for free. You had to pay for copy 1. And
theoretically - yes, you should pay royalties to your portrait painter.



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