Re: Unauthorized use of picture...

[Steve Shapiro <sgshiya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe it's Ron Eng, who has a book out on 'Pricing Stock Photography.'
His book, I'm sure, "Sell and Resell Your Photographs'" might have the
information, too.

S. Shapiro
----- Original Message -----
From: Thinh Le <thinhle@xxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 12:29 AM
Subject: Unauthorized use of picture...


> I just discover one of my pan pictures (not a picture of bread :-) from my
> website was used without my knowledge and authorization by a very
commercial
> local newspaper in California. They seriously cropped the picture but I
> still recognize the small part that they used anyway. I will give them the
> benefit of proving that the picture is their but I doubt if they can do it
> without reshooting it at the exact spot that I did and without having
> something in the environment changed. The newspaper is a weekly and has a
> circulation of 25000. I don't want to sue them, I just want to ask for a
> fair compensation. However, I am not a professional photographer so I
don't
> know what a fair price would be for this particular case. Can anyone
suggest
> a website that has some pricing guidelines and a website with good
copyright
> information. All suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.
> TL
>