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This is very common in shooting major bands. I am actually surprised to shoot a headliner in a venue over 1000 without a writen photo contract. The contract usually restrict use of the pictures to the media outlet that requested the photo pass, but sometimes are more restrictive and require pre approval of the artist or even transfer of the copyright of the pictures to the artist. Editors and media rarely have serious issues with the contracts because they still get most of the use they need and do not want to challenge artists.
Those that loose the most are photographers. They no longer have access to secondary income from additional merch and editorial use of the images. Since magazine photographers are typically not well paid and it still takes a significant amount of time to shoot a concert, photographers are loosing some of the additional income that was typical in years past. In the heyday of rock and roll, it was common for photographers to get much closer and unrestricted access to large bands. Those days are gone......
At a recent arena concert I was shooting with a lengendary photographer in his sixties who has toured with several legendary rock bands like the Who, Stones, and Zepplin. When I told him I also hopped to be shooting when I'm 65, he said "Those days are over. You just cant make enough money anymore to do that."
-Scott
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