Dear Andy, Thanks for that advice. I am currenntly formulating an email for them. I will probably come across the same as yourself. Oh well I hold my head high and climb another mountain, hahahaha.
cheers Ian Reynolds Tel : (+44) 0121-624-3237 mob : (+44) 07941-323971 see my new web page at Web : http://www.i4images.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andy Johnstone Sent: 07 January 2003 14:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PRODIG] Off topic anyone here working for the bbc as aphotographer on 7/1/03 2:09 pm, ian reynolds at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been offered some work for the bbc. Nice, then comes the heavy > contract. Anyone her ever signed it and given their rights away, or > have they been able to renegotiate. > > Then I trawl around the net to see it I can find anything, only to > find that there are hundreds of instances where the bc has fought > copyright abuses of their own material I was up for a job shooting a book for the beeb before christmas. It was a nice project and then the copyright thing came along. I said that I would agree to a limited license but not a buy out at the rate which they were going to pay for the job - which sounded a lot, but when you did a budget on it there was no profit in the job. You need to be careful with the BBC. They produce lot of work and they know that it is a buyers market in the photo biz. AOP have had some run ins with them as have many others. The line they used on me was that the "project will be good for your reputation". I said "unfortunately I can't exchange my reputation for food and clothes for my kids at M&S so I'd just prefer the cash thanks." The other guy got the gig... Andy -- Andy Johnstone Photography Member of the Association of Photographers (UK) E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: 0033 4 68 69 32 28 M: 0033 6 08 63 75 35 F: 0044 870 133 9149 W: http://www.focusphotos.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
