Permission to use for publication

[mkyy]

I am asked for permission to publish a picture I posted on flickr for a local hiking guide. I have never nor expected to have my photo published. Given the permission to publish does not mean I give up my rights to my photo, right? Anything else I should be concerned about?

 

[jbf]

You have to give them specifics about your image. Telling them that you retain all rights to the image and that you grant them a one time use to publish the image.

Honestly its up to you what you want to do with it. Just give them very specific terms as to what you are allowing them to do and not to do with the image. And be sure to have it in writing.

Make sure you know exactly how, and where they are going to be publishing it as well.

 

[bmattock]

I am asked for permission to publish a picture I posted on flickr for a local hiking guide. I have never nor expected to have my photo published. Given the permission to publish does not mean I give up my rights to my photo, right? Anything else I should be concerned about?

First, congratulations! I've recently experienced that little thrill as well - fun, isn't it? Even nicer if they send you a copy. I've sold a couple and given a few away.

Permission to publish can mean anything. You own the image, you dictate the terms. If you wish to let them use the image, make it clear that you are giving them one-time, non-exclusive, right to publish in [name of publication].

The only time you give up rights to your photo is if you sign them over, or you perform 'work for hire' which explicitly states that whatever you produce belongs to your employer.

I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice.

If you think you might be doing this sort of thing again, let me recommend the inexpensive book:

Legal Handbook for Photographers

It is often used as a resource for describing photographer's rights, meaning where you can take a photo and how you can use it, but it also deals with the issue of licensing, which is what you're talking about.

It's cheap on Amazon. You really ought to consider it - it should be on every photographer's bookshelf.

 

[mkyy]

Thanks all! Exactly what I need to know.

 

[calexg]

Flickr is great in that as you upload photos, they give you the option of adding certain types of Creative Commons licenses, so that you don't have to deal with drafting a legal file.