JGF Photo Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Dear colleagues. I'm starting to upload some pictures to Alamy and I have a question. The most of my pictures have been done during touristic trips, which means that in the most of them there are people around, public buildings, museums and so on. So this means model/property releases are required, but I don't have them. Therefore, I understand that I should sell these pictures under the next layout: - RM license - Model/property release required: Yes - Do I have model/property relseases?: No Then, I have read that I should also sell these pictures with restrictions for editorial-use only... and here my question shows up. From my point of view, if I'm saying the picture requires model/property releases that I don't have, I think the buyer should decide if he wants to do a commercial use of them under that situation, isn't it? I mean, what's the point of setting "editorial use only" restrictions to a picture that must have releases for commercial use, that I don't have? So I'm thinking about not setting restrictions to my pictures in these terms, because I guess that just by saying I don't have the required releases should be enough to avoid commercial use of them, and, in case somebody is doing commercial use of them, he's the responsible of its bad use, not me. Am I right? Thank you very much in advance. These forums are great for newcomers I hope to be able to help people too in a near future! Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Dear colleagues. I'm starting to upload some pictures to Alamy and I have a question. The most of my pictures have been done during touristic trips, which means that in the most of them there are people around, public buildings, museums and so on. So this means model/property releases are required, but I don't have them. Therefore, I understand that I should sell these pictures under the next layout: - RM license - Model/property release required: Yes - Do I have model/property relseases?: No Then, I have read that I should also sell these pictures with restrictions for editorial-use only... and here my question shows up. From my point of view, if I'm saying the picture requires model/property releases that I don't have, I think the buyer should decide if he wants to do a commercial use of them under that situation, isn't it? I mean, what's the point of setting "editorial use only" restrictions to a picture that must have releases for commercial use, that I don't have? So I'm thinking about not setting restrictions to my pictures in these terms, because I guess that just by saying I don't have the required releases should be enough to avoid commercial use of them, and, in case somebody is doing commercial use of them, he's the responsible of its bad use, not me. Am I right? Thank you very much in advance. These forums are great for newcomers I hope to be able to help people too in a near future! Best regards. Correct, you are right. I do like you are doing, RM license, release required, no I don't have a release. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGF Photo Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Thanks god! I didn't want to apply restrictions picture by picture Thank you very much for your quick reply. Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Thanks god! I didn't want to apply restrictions picture by picture Thank you very much for your quick reply. Best regards No need to call me god! Just John will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Thanks god! I didn't want to apply restrictions picture by picture Do you know something about John or Mark that I don't? Edited: Oh sh.., John beat me to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGF Photo Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Haha, I'm totally lost! So thanks god AND you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGF Photo Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 After the release of some of my new pictures, I have seen that all what buyers can see (in pictures that requires property release as well as in which don't require it) is Model release : No Property release : No And the button saying that the buyer should know what to do. So what's the point of saying, in the Manage Image, that the picture needs property release and that I don't have it? If I say a property released is not required, the effect is going to be the same and the buyer is going to see the same information. I'm just saying this because I could save a lot of time, in the sense that by now I don't have property releases for any of my pictures, so yesterday I was worried checking picture by picture which one could need property releases, to say "yes, it is required; no, I don't have it" or "no, it's not required" If in both cases the result is going to be the same for the buyer, what's the point of distinguishing between both options? Thanks!! Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Buyers use availability of releases as a search criterion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGF Photo Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Yes, but in my previous example, in both cases I don't have releases, so what's the point of specifying that one requires it and the other don't, if I don't have releases for any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 An image not requiring releases will appear in a search for images with releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Watkins Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 What Mark said. Also, an image not requiring a release opens up the possibility of RF licensing in Manage Images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGF Photo Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Thanks! I understand it better now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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