photos_by_gemma Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Hi! I'm very new to Alarmy and I am wondering will my name appear with my image when a buyer uses it? Will there be credits to me, or will there be to Alarmy? If any at all? I'm super cautious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Last year, I came across an image (direct sale via Alamy) in the prestigious (?) "The Economist" magazine and was surprised to see that it was credited to nobody -- not to me or Alamy. However, I dug up the the online version and the image was credited to "Alamy" alone. It's a real mixed bag, as Phillipe says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 If by 'cautious' you mean that for some reason you don't want your name to appear, you can create a pseudonym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Last year, I came across an image (direct sale via Alamy) in the prestigious (?) "The Economist" magazine and was surprised to see that it was credited to nobody -- not to me or Alamy. However, I dug up the the online version and the image was credited to "Alamy" alone. It's a real mixed bag, as Phillipe says. The Economist doesn't credit anyone, not even its writers. That has been a long standing policy I believe, must check it is still the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Last year, I came across an image (direct sale via Alamy) in the prestigious (?) "The Economist" magazine and was surprised to see that it was credited to nobody -- not to me or Alamy. However, I dug up the the online version and the image was credited to "Alamy" alone. It's a real mixed bag, as Phillipe says. The Economist doesn't credit anyone, not even its writers. That has been a long standing policy I believe, must check it is still the case. Yes, that still seems to be case. I guess that economists want to stay anonymous. Can't say as I blame them given the general inaccuracy of their predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arletta Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Gemma, maybe you'll find some answer here. In my country not giving the author's credit info is breaking the law, it's just agains your rights and can be gained by lawyers. Every photographer has the right to be named under image and the publisher may not give credit info only IF the photographer says to not give it - it's up to photographer if he wants to be anonymous author. The premiss is that credit info MUST be attached with the image in publication. Agencies like Alamy should take more care and focus on that problem as they are medium who sells our work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 BAPLA in the UK tried to get agencies to enforce credit lines back in film days and five minutes later..... same old story. Charges for leaving out credit lines were part of licensing back in the day but as competition grew and more mags especially wanted to keep the graphics on a page much cleaner, you ended up where we are. If you think that agencies have any power in the market today........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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