[cc-community] CC: Fun for the whole family

Matthew J. Agnello matt.agnello at gmail.com
Sun Jan 20 23:19:27 EST 2008


One of the problems I run into a lot at work is parents who want to  
make copies of professional pictures of their son or daughter. Because  
it was done by a professional photographer, we're not allowed to make  
copies, and people have a hard time understanding that: after all,  
they paid for the print, they physically own the picture, shouldn't  
they be able to do whatever they want with it? I have to tell them,  
no, they can't, and usually they get quite upset.

I wrote a short post on my blog explaining why this doesn't need to  
happen. My take is more from a video perspective since I'm a  
videographer (we run into that problem at work, too), but it's  
relevant for both still and motion photography. If it's something like  
a family photo or a wedding video, people have very strong emotional  
attachments to these things, and they expect a certain amount of  
control over them. I think wherever possible, photographers creating  
works for these types of client should give a CC license to the client  
so third parties can act on the family's behalf to edit and copy  
whatever you've created for them.

The blog post is here: http://hungryfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2008/01/mom-and-dad-video-pirates.html

I'm curious what others think about this, especially if they think  
it's something photographers and videographers other than me would  
jump on board with.

Best,
// Matt

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Matt Agnello
http://www.hungryfilmmaker.com
< matt.agnello at gmail.com >



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