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From: Mary Cronk Farrell <marycronkfarrell_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:51:16 -0700
Hi all--
I know it is April and we are done with NF. I hope it's OK to make one last comment. I really appreciate people sharing their thoughts on photo permissions, as I am in the middle of it.
To clarify my experience, my book is about specific historical events, the photos I need are specific photos, of which only a few exist, so my sources are limited in that way. I appreciate the suggestion to check if my publisher might have some agreement with Time, Inc, or perhaps might be able to help negotiate a more favorable one. For me, part of joy of writing the book comes from tracking down the information and photos. What's unfortunate in my case, is that the photos I need were sold to LIFE by a freelance photographer. The rights are now owned by the daughter of the photographer, and she has generously granted me the rights at no cost. But she does not have the actual photos. TimeLife has the photos. I guess possession really is nine-tenths of the law.
Luckily, people have given me their personal photos to use, and I found some US Gov. photos at the National Archives. These are terrific. But the TimeLIFE photos are really one of kind records of history.
Mary Cronk Farrell
Received on Sun 01 Apr 2012 06:51:16 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:51:16 -0700
Hi all--
I know it is April and we are done with NF. I hope it's OK to make one last comment. I really appreciate people sharing their thoughts on photo permissions, as I am in the middle of it.
To clarify my experience, my book is about specific historical events, the photos I need are specific photos, of which only a few exist, so my sources are limited in that way. I appreciate the suggestion to check if my publisher might have some agreement with Time, Inc, or perhaps might be able to help negotiate a more favorable one. For me, part of joy of writing the book comes from tracking down the information and photos. What's unfortunate in my case, is that the photos I need were sold to LIFE by a freelance photographer. The rights are now owned by the daughter of the photographer, and she has generously granted me the rights at no cost. But she does not have the actual photos. TimeLife has the photos. I guess possession really is nine-tenths of the law.
Luckily, people have given me their personal photos to use, and I found some US Gov. photos at the National Archives. These are terrific. But the TimeLIFE photos are really one of kind records of history.
Mary Cronk Farrell
Received on Sun 01 Apr 2012 06:51:16 PM CDT
