[Fot] Calendar?

[Greg Petrolati]

I would be happy to provide a number of photos for the calendar for "one time
use" at no charge. I have quite a few shots taken over the years... some have
been published others haven't seen the light of day.

Greg Petrolati   Lafayette, Oregon



That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...





> From: rocky at spitfire4.com
> To: edwardbarnard at prodigy.net; SeaCubeCo at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:46:25 -0600
> CC: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Calendar?
>
> One thing to be careful about here -- copyrights.
>
> Often trackside photos are taken by professional photographers who expect
to
> be paid when their work is published. Therefore, for any photo sent you
need
> to have, at minimum, the name of the photographer (or sometimes just the
> agency will do, such as "Photo courtesy of Getty Images"). Then you need to
> get clearance (permission) from that photographer. Since presumably this is
> a calendar among individuals of similar amateur persuasion, and nobody or
> entity is making any real profit off the project, you might be able to get
> the photo released for free from some photographers, but even for free you
> should put a photo credit beside the picture.
>
> Sometimes when racers buy a photo they also buy a release with it. Then the
> copyright belongs to the photo subject instead of the photographer and the
> subject can do whatever he wants with it. However, if known, you should
> STILL credit the photographer.
>
> Yes, even amateur photographers hold a legal copyright to photos they took.
> Simply put, you cannot use it without permission, and the subject can give
> that permission only if he has purchased or been given the right to do so
> (now if his wife shot the picture, don't worry about it -- but give her the
> photo credit; she'll be thrilled).
>
> --Rocky Entriken
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