A while ago I posted a thread about my workplace wanting to use some of my pictures in their brochure. Well in the end nothing came of it because they said my pictures didn’t have spaces in the right place for the text to go... never mind I thought.
Only now I’ve seen a copy of their latest 2007 brochure, one that is published and sent out around the world, containing TWO of my pictures.
Now I know what they're going to say, that it’s a big misunderstanding. I provide them pictures for use inside the school but it was explicitly for non advertising use, so I know they'll say that someone else saw the photos and sent them off without knowing... Still, no excuse. I'm sure it’s the companies’ responsibility to make sure they have the rights to all the images they use at the time of printing.
They know that I know, but I haven’t properly said anything yet. Mainly because I'm quite annoyed and don’t want to say anything that makes it harder for me in the future. What’s the best way of going about it? I was thinking a letter with all the details being sent to the MD along with a suitable bill for the use of the pictures. I'm thinking £200 should cover it.
Another thing of note is that apart from this the company have been quite good to me, a student smashed one of my filters and they helped me get the money from his parents. But i specificly told them that the pictures were only to be used on the notice board, if they wanted to do anything else with them they had to speak to me first.
Oh and of course they haven’t even credited me as a photographer in the brochure.
Only now I’ve seen a copy of their latest 2007 brochure, one that is published and sent out around the world, containing TWO of my pictures.
Now I know what they're going to say, that it’s a big misunderstanding. I provide them pictures for use inside the school but it was explicitly for non advertising use, so I know they'll say that someone else saw the photos and sent them off without knowing... Still, no excuse. I'm sure it’s the companies’ responsibility to make sure they have the rights to all the images they use at the time of printing.
They know that I know, but I haven’t properly said anything yet. Mainly because I'm quite annoyed and don’t want to say anything that makes it harder for me in the future. What’s the best way of going about it? I was thinking a letter with all the details being sent to the MD along with a suitable bill for the use of the pictures. I'm thinking £200 should cover it.
Another thing of note is that apart from this the company have been quite good to me, a student smashed one of my filters and they helped me get the money from his parents. But i specificly told them that the pictures were only to be used on the notice board, if they wanted to do anything else with them they had to speak to me first.
Oh and of course they haven’t even credited me as a photographer in the brochure.
