Tis is not a bitch but a question of curiosity and some thoughts..
The photographer, Tim Scott, located in London, came to the salt
andobtained a media pass. Now, I have no idea what constitues the
requirements to get such a pass and I am not in that business, but it
seems to me that the words, MEDIA PASS, convey some kind of reporting
function. That could either be television, or print in the form of news
papers or magazines or what ever. Something that gets a story out to the
public and fans. But when should a media pass be given to a person or
company who instead of reporting uses the data for non media reporting
monetary gains? As I said, I don't give out the passes but it sure seems
to me that there should be some kind of ground rules associated with
them. Such as the use requires that free reporting actually be done!
Like when a news team shows up and they take video or stills they
generally make them available to the public for free over the air waves.
Or in news print. Or magazones. Are there rules as to who gets these
critters? Here is a scenario... what if a person with such a pass and
with basically free access to just about anywhere took pictures of, say
the Ford 999 H2 car and its inner workings, last summer and then sold
the photos to a rival company? Seems like that could happen. All in the
guiseof " well he had a media pass.."... In the highly competitive world
of racing (well, no, not in my case, lol) photographs of certain
features of a vehicle's characteristics could be sold to someone who
could duplicate the feature.
I guess, I am wondering if there are rules of conduct placed on those
folk who are given free passes? Such as you have to identify yourself,
state the purpose of the photographs or video and at least get verbal
authorization to take photos or record the video? That just seems to be
minimally invasive to the reporter.
By the way, I sent another message to the photographer, Tim Scott, who
took a lot of pictures of our vehicles and made it clear that should he
return, he would be welcomed at my place if he followed some very minor
rules of conduct just like I mentioned above. He can come to my pit and
chat with me, tell me what he would like to take pictures of and what he
will be doing with them and most likely I will agree to just about all
requests. Ahead of time.
In cases where the media pass is given to a company or private
individual who's intent is to take video, stills or what ever and sell
them as a way of earning a living perhaps that pass should be paid for
by the user? And then apply the use rules or common courtesy such as
who, what when wher and how the media will be used?
I am not against a person making a buck or two, just seems like they
need to follow some simple rules of operation.
Just my 2 cents worth...
That doesn't seem like too much to ask does it?
mayf
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