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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Masterfile $12K per Image Extortion Letter
« on: September 01, 2012, 07:07:35 PM »
Good postings.
I've noticed that Visualphotos has over 10,000 rights-managed photos owned by Masterfile:
http://www.visualphotos.com/artist/1x126/masterfile
Interestingly, there are a lot of bare-asses on there, and a woman slathered in chocolate...
It appears that Visualphotos are an official distribution channel for rights-managed content held by major stock image companies in other parts of the world.
Including, "Masterfile, Photolibrary, age fotostock, Digital Vision and Image Source" and "Corbis".
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/visual-photos-expands-to-russia
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I've had some opportunity to quickly look over one of the Masterfile agreements that Matt has kindly posted in another thread.
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/masterfile-artist-agreements/
I found the following passage in the Masterfile/SIE SRL contract to be of interest:
4.1 During the term of this Agreement, Company grants Masterfile an exclusive license of all rights (including copyright) in and to the Accepted Images, with the right to license on such terms as Masterfile may determine, such license to be effective throughout the Territory.
4.1.1 Masterfile recognizes that Company and/or Artist will continue to market and license Accepted Images in the International Licensee Territory and any income derived from such licenses or sales will be the sole property of Artist and Company.
It appears that "Territory" refers to the United States and Canada. "International Licensee Territory" refers to the rest of the world.
In this case, it seems that MF controls exclusive rights in the US and Canada, while SIE is free to do as it pleases in the rest of the world.
This illustrates how complex such contracts can be, and how it's difficult to tell who owns what and where.
S.G.
I've noticed that Visualphotos has over 10,000 rights-managed photos owned by Masterfile:
http://www.visualphotos.com/artist/1x126/masterfile
Interestingly, there are a lot of bare-asses on there, and a woman slathered in chocolate...
It appears that Visualphotos are an official distribution channel for rights-managed content held by major stock image companies in other parts of the world.
Including, "Masterfile, Photolibrary, age fotostock, Digital Vision and Image Source" and "Corbis".
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/visual-photos-expands-to-russia
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I've had some opportunity to quickly look over one of the Masterfile agreements that Matt has kindly posted in another thread.
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/masterfile-artist-agreements/
I found the following passage in the Masterfile/SIE SRL contract to be of interest:
4.1 During the term of this Agreement, Company grants Masterfile an exclusive license of all rights (including copyright) in and to the Accepted Images, with the right to license on such terms as Masterfile may determine, such license to be effective throughout the Territory.
4.1.1 Masterfile recognizes that Company and/or Artist will continue to market and license Accepted Images in the International Licensee Territory and any income derived from such licenses or sales will be the sole property of Artist and Company.
It appears that "Territory" refers to the United States and Canada. "International Licensee Territory" refers to the rest of the world.
In this case, it seems that MF controls exclusive rights in the US and Canada, while SIE is free to do as it pleases in the rest of the world.
This illustrates how complex such contracts can be, and how it's difficult to tell who owns what and where.
S.G.
