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Good business move - or unethical ? « Posted: 25 January 2012 at 10:18 PM »

Archant have made some of their long term photographers redundant. I know of two, and there are probably more. Now they announce a scheme where they are begging the public to send in their photos for free.  Called iWitness. The public can now feel they are part of the news, they say.
This may be a sound business move, but is it ethical?
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #1 Posted: 25 January 2012 at 10:25 PM »
I saw that and thought cheeky bu....s they are just going for freebies
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #2 Posted: 25 January 2012 at 10:30 PM »
There was a full page article about that iWitness in last week's Advertiser.   Joe public should ask for a fee if they want to use their pictures, then maybe they [Archant] may realise they have made a mistake.
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #3 Posted: 25 January 2012 at 10:32 PM »
I guess it also depends on the small print.  Who would own the photo copyright - the photographer or the media company?! 
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #4 Posted: 25 January 2012 at 10:43 PM »
Dont really matter,- they are still getting somethig for nothing
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #5 Posted: 25 January 2012 at 10:47 PM »
Ah but it can matter, as often a picture used by a small newspaper can be picked up and used by the nationals.  If Archant get copyright, they can actually sell it and make money, if the photographer owns copyright then it could still be used but has to have ' photo supplied by' caption on it, naming the photographer. 
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #6 Posted: 25 January 2012 at 11:09 PM »
Ah but it wouldnt matter because no one with any sense would do their job for them for free, so no one with any sense would be sending any pics in

but I wont spoil your gme JJ cos I know how you love small print Grin
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #7 Posted: 26 January 2012 at 12:12 AM »
The BBC do the same thing, any pics you send in to them become their property.
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #8 Posted: 26 January 2012 at 06:51 AM »
There’s an interesting article: “Copyright & Licensing” - http://www.photoassist.co.uk/fullarticle.asp?ano=1161
Under the sub-heading: Do not give away your copyright, the article states: “Remember, if you hand over copyright in an image, you will have no rights to that image.”

So, as I understand it, if you sent in a photo to a newspaper - you have given them the copyright to your photograph - they now own your photograph. Should you want to use it elsewhere e.g. you set up your own website - you won’t have the right to reproduce it there without that newspaper’s permission - as they hold the copyright to your photo.
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Re: Good business move - or unethical ? « Reply #9 Posted: 26 January 2012 at 07:11 AM »
So the moral of the story is  -'dont do the press's work for them' 
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