Re: [APML] Payment for astrophotos

["Jim Janusz" <jjanusz@dc.rr.com>]

We all need to refuse free commercial use.  Anyone wishing to profit from
publication should be ready to pay for images.

I added this statement to my web page and the moochers disappeared.

http://www.astroimager.net/Copyright.html

I think I modeled (copied (G) ) this from another APML member.

If we all close ranks the free stuff will disappear.  Of course that doesn't
stop them from stealing.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:32 AM
Subject: [APML] Payment for astrophotos


> This topic has been discussed here before but I just thought I'd share
some
> recent experiences.
> Two different people have emailed me over the past two months wanting to
use
> some of my images in a text book and regular book.  One being on the
cover.
> I emailed both of these people back with a price and never heard from them
> again.  Both were very interested and indicated they really wanted to use
> the image, specified in their original email, but once I gave them a
price,
> which was in the hundreds of dollars range, they vanished.  Not even a
> "that's too much, can you accept this" reply.  Nothing.  I based my price
on
> the following licensing calculator:
> http://photographersindex.com/price-ed-calc.htm  I even came in on the low
> side.
>
> I refuse to give my images away for free.  My guess is that's what they
were
> expecting......  Too much time and effort goes into them.
>
> Chris
>
>
> ==================
> Chris Cook
> Astronomical Photography
> www.abmedia.com/astro
>
>
>
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