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Earlier this year photojournalist Kai Wiedenhoefer called photographers to action regarding the unfair Jahreszeitenverlag contract that the publishing conglomerate was forcing upon contributors.
Well folks, this baloney is happening again and this time Lightstalker Antonio Olmos alerted everyone to a troubling situation when he wrote, "You may have received an email from Chris Elliot, stating that GNM (Guardian Media Group), which owns the Guardian and the Observer are ending repro payments to all commissioned works as of September 1 2009."
"This means that from that date onward, they can use your images without compensation as many times as they want. For their purposes they effectively own it. A License to reuse your photographs for perpetuity without compensation is not a license but a backdoor copyright grab. They are not asking for that right, they are taking it."
You may want to read the freelance charter as well as Antonio's entire Lightstalker post then perhaps, you might want to send your objections to:
Chris.Elliott@guardian.co.uk
roger.tooth@guardian.co.uk
robert.hahn@guardian.co.uk
alan.rusbridger@guardian.co.uk
Further, you can sign a petition against this utter nonsense here.
"At a time when press photographers are suffering severe hardship as a result of the economic downturn, it comes as a further blow to be informed that Guardian News Media demands unlimited re-use of our photographs free of charge.”
IF YOU DON'T FREELANCE FOR THIS OUTFIT PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO TRY AND HELP THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DO!
Well folks, this baloney is happening again and this time Lightstalker Antonio Olmos alerted everyone to a troubling situation when he wrote, "You may have received an email from Chris Elliot, stating that GNM (Guardian Media Group), which owns the Guardian and the Observer are ending repro payments to all commissioned works as of September 1 2009."
"This means that from that date onward, they can use your images without compensation as many times as they want. For their purposes they effectively own it. A License to reuse your photographs for perpetuity without compensation is not a license but a backdoor copyright grab. They are not asking for that right, they are taking it."
You may want to read the freelance charter as well as Antonio's entire Lightstalker post then perhaps, you might want to send your objections to:
Chris.Elliott@guardian.co.uk
roger.tooth@guardian.co.uk
robert.hahn@guardian.co.uk
alan.rusbridger@guardian.co.uk
Further, you can sign a petition against this utter nonsense here.
"At a time when press photographers are suffering severe hardship as a result of the economic downturn, it comes as a further blow to be informed that Guardian News Media demands unlimited re-use of our photographs free of charge.”
IF YOU DON'T FREELANCE FOR THIS OUTFIT PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO TRY AND HELP THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DO!
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