What is the goal: forcing people to respect your copyrights, or engaging in a legally binding contract? In my view, one of these is an ethical consideration and the other a practical consideration. If you consider the basic fact that forcing people to respect your copyright is not at all the same thing as enforcing your copyright, then you\'re more or less left with the practical consideration of ensuring that the terms of use of your photography are explicitly laid out for your clients. So while I completely agree that everything should be in writing (it\'s what I do in my job all day ), I would caution the OP from spending a lot of his time or energy trying to give a free copyright lesson to an entity that is at best likely to ignore him and at worst likely to drop him in favor of someone who doesn\'t care as much. Of course the outcome could be more positive. However I don\'t think \"put up or shut up\" is always the best option. Sometimes \"fighting your battles\" is the best option. Especially seeing as we\'re talking about pretty small potatoes here.
Nov 08, 2011 at 01:53 PM
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), I would caution the OP from spending a lot of his time or energy trying to give a free copyright lesson to an entity that is at best likely to ignore him and at worst likely to drop him in favor of someone who doesn\'t care as much. Of course the outcome could be more positive. However I don\'t think \"put up or shut up\" is always the best option. Sometimes \"fighting your battles\" is the best option. Especially seeing as we\'re talking about pretty small potatoes here.