Payment for Pics

corkandproud

I write a weekly column for a regional daily and often submit pictures. I'm paid a set fee per week so get nothing extra for pictures or extra articles.

Two weeks ago one of my old pics appeared in a sister paper (national daily) with my caption and credit. Will I get paid for this or will I need to chase them.

TelePaul

corkandproud wrote: »

I write a weekly column for a regional daily and often submit pictures. I'm paid a set fee per week so get nothing extra for pictures or extra articles.

Two weeks ago one of my old pics appeared in a sister paper (national daily) with my caption and credit. Will I get paid for this or will I need to chase them.

If nobody brought it to your attention - and if there's nothing mentioned in your contract - then it seems very unlikely that you'll be paid. Of course, you could just invoice them - if they've used your picture without permission, you're entitled to compensation. But it's probably not a good idea if you;d like to avail of future work.

To be honest, the fact that it's a 'sister paper' is throwing me....

Paulw

Send them an invoice for the use of your photo. Simple as that.

Thirdfox

If seeking professional legal advice you should probably get a lawyer.

Giving advice without knowing the whole picture is risky and can be misleading (causing trouble to the OP if the advice is bad).

Ricky91t

The fact theu used your photo in their paper without paying for it means you should get payed,the point is they dont even pay for the photo in the firsy place so why should they give it to thier sister papers like they've allready piad for it

corkandproud

I reckon I should talk to my contact (Sports Ed), he'll tell me the lie of the land.

Going to post another thread which on I'd appreciate opinions

City-Exile

At a guess here, I know who you're talking about.
They have independent budgets, but your case may not be clear cut.
If you are paid to submit work for the paper, then the work belongs to them.
You would be paid, even if they didn't print your work.

I sent a few pictures to a tabloid. more in hope than anything else & they used different crops of the same picture, two weeks in a row. I invoiced them for use of the picture (2 uses).

If they used that picture again in a sister publication, I could invoice them again. You see how that differs to your situation though.

wasper

I assume you have a contract with newspaper. Does it mention sub contracting your photos to their sister publications?
If not then you might contact a lawyer. Is it profitable to get legal?

City-Exile

You're confusing things here, wasper.
They aren't sub contracting anything.

He gets paid to make submissions to a paper.
The work then belongs to them, but is rightly credited to him.
Again, when used in a sister publication, they credited him appropriately.

If you start going down the legal route on stuff like this, you'll soon find yourself out of work. There are plenty people willing to step in & fill your shoes.

corkandproud

Listen, don't be getting too wound up, it's only a small issue.

I don't have a contract, a friend working in the paper asked me to write a piece and it moved on from there.

Originall I was told I would be paid for an article and pictures would be extra, that was six years ago and I've never complained. (and don't intend to now!)

I do however resent another paper* using the pictures.

* sister paper may be an overstatement, they are separate companies with the same owner, and probably share some databases.

Trojan911

Sorry, just noticed this Post, but here is a reply I made earlier to another post.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=56911950&postcount=18