Comments on: If Youre There When News Happens http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/3655 Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Stephen Rogers http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/3655/comment-page-1#comment-98248 Stephen Rogers Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:43:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2006/12/04/if-you%e2%80%99re-there-when-news-happens/#comment-98248 Thomas, The terms and conditions of submission would appear to suggest otherwise: "By submitting your Material, you hereby grant to Reuters and its affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable and non-revocable right and license to use, reproduce, display publicly, modify, adapt, edit, publish, translate, distribute, perform, play, create derivative works from, exercise and sub-license all associated and relevant rights (including intellectual property rights and publicity rights) with respect to your Material in any media whatsoever, whether now known, or developed in the future (the foregoing license is granted for the entire respective terms of the relevant rights); and to the extent permitted by law, unconditionally and irrevocably waive all moral rights which you may have in your Material." 'Transferable' generally means may sell or othewise distribute the image to a third party. As does 'sub-licence' 'Royalty-free' means no payment. Thomas,

The terms and conditions of submission would appear to suggest otherwise:

“By submitting your Material, you hereby
grant to Reuters and its affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable and non-revocable right and license to use, reproduce, display publicly, modify, adapt, edit, publish, translate, distribute, perform, play, create derivative works from, exercise and sub-license all associated and relevant rights (including intellectual property rights and publicity rights) with respect to your Material in any media whatsoever, whether now known, or developed in the future (the foregoing license is granted for the entire respective terms of the relevant rights); and
to the extent permitted by law, unconditionally and irrevocably waive all moral rights which you may have in your Material.”

‘Transferable’ generally means may sell or othewise distribute the image to a third party. As does ‘sub-licence’

‘Royalty-free’ means no payment.

]]> By: Thomas Szlukovenyi http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/3655/comment-page-1#comment-75981 Thomas Szlukovenyi Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:27:08 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2006/12/04/if-you%e2%80%99re-there-when-news-happens/#comment-75981 The copyright stays with the contributor when a picture is submitted. If our editors select a picture for use on our regular news picture service we will pay our normal stringer fee and royalties after re-sales and enter into any necessary additional agreements. regards Thomas Szlukovenyi The copyright stays with the contributor when a picture is submitted. If our editors select a picture for use on our regular news picture service we will pay our normal stringer fee and royalties after re-sales and enter into any necessary additional agreements.

regards

Thomas Szlukovenyi

]]> By: Jeff Ooi http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/3655/comment-page-1#comment-75348 Jeff Ooi Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:15:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2006/12/04/if-you%e2%80%99re-there-when-news-happens/#comment-75348 Great effort! We should get emerging democracies in Asia to participate as contributing netizens! I have created an early awareness alert in this blog entry: http://www.jeffooi.com/2006/12/new_media_reuters_yahoo_want_u.php Great effort! We should get emerging democracies in Asia to participate as contributing netizens! I have created an early awareness alert in this blog entry:

http://www.jeffooi.com/2006/12/new_media _reuters_yahoo_want_u.php

]]> By: JP Trostle http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/3655/comment-page-1#comment-75277 JP Trostle Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:14:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2006/12/04/if-you%e2%80%99re-there-when-news-happens/#comment-75277 "You Witness" is all well and good, but there is no information in your article (or in any of the subsequent links) as to who owns the copyright of images submitted to Reuters in this method. It should be CLEARLY stated whether a shooter is signing away his or her copyrights by providing your company with material. Sincerely, +JP “You Witness” is all well and good, but there is no information in your article (or in any of the subsequent links) as to who owns the copyright of images submitted to Reuters in this method.

It should be CLEARLY stated whether a shooter is signing away his or her copyrights by providing your company with material.

Sincerely,
+JP

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