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Group Rules - Update

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tshore is a group administrator tshore says:

I have just updated the Group Rules to reflect the relationships we have with the new t.o.night free daily as well as the National Post. Here is the update:

UPDATED (August 10th, 2009): We have relationships with the National Post and the soon to be published t.o.night free daily. Each of these publications occasionally publishes stories from blogTO. If you'd like your photos to be considered, please make sure to upload your photos in high resolution. Your Flickr name will be credited in the papers if your photos are used.

If you have any questions or concerns about this update please let us know. The goal is to provide a mechanism for your amazing photos to be seen by more people. blogTO does not receive any compensation from these publications for use of your photos.
Originally posted at 10:59AM, 10 August 2009 PDT (permalink)
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Lú_ says:

Does uploading here constitute permission to publish in print editions or only online?
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tshore is a group administrator tshore says:

The thinking was that if you upload a high res photo to the pool than that would constitute permission. Does that makes sense? If not, we could explore using a tag "blogtophoto" or something that needs to be applied for the photos to be eligible to appear in print.
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overt notebook [deleted] says:

Will these publications be compensating the photographers who have their images published?
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Metrix X says:

What does high resolution mean? Is it too much to ask that they want a higher resolution photo that they ask as high resolution photos are more useful to image thieves. Also are the creative commons and copyrights still going to be checked and honoured?
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sniderscion says:

If the photos are going to be used in print editions I think that there should be some form of compensation for the photographers. Exposure is great and I certainly am grateful for the times when blogTo has chosen to feature my work in one way or another but when it comes to existing print publications which have been accustomed to paying for their content why suddenly provide that for free?
I also have a problem with posting in high res to Flickr. I stopped uploading in high res when I started finding my work being stolen. I'm happy to supply high res versions upon request.
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Stephen Gardiner says:

@tshore - No, that doesn't make sense. The concept of uploading a High-Res Image as granting permission is problematic (not to mention there is no definition of what a high-res image is). I think you need to have a tag or system whereby an uploader would be able to clearly indicate we approve the further assignment of any usage rights we are granting to BlogTO to the National Pest for print purposes. As well, i expect that the Pest would basically be looking for free use as opposed to paying for the use of images, which hurts the professional photographers who work for the paper and anyone out there who occasionally makes an image sale to a paper or publication.

The current system which grants BlogTO the right to use web-sized images on their website is one thing. I am certainly not uploading anything at a high enough resolution to Flickr that could be printed in any event because of image thief's, and in any event i would seriously reconsider granting permission to BlogTO to use anything if it were to be construed as also allowing you to then assign those rights to the National Pest.
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mdworld@hotmail.com says:

Since blogTO relies heavily on great photography how about offering weekly, reasonable & fair honorariums for photographers that you & your subsidiaries feature. The "exposure" provided by a photo credit doesn't pay for the cost of an internet connection, or even a bargain lunch bento box. Imagine the exposure blogTO would get when your readership realizes that contributors are actually compensated in some meagre way!
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tshore is a group administrator tshore says:

Thanks for your feedback everyone. We're going to use an opt in model. You'll need to apply a specific tag if you want your photo to be eligible to be considered for print. That way, untagged photos won't appear in t.o.night magazine, the National Post or elsewhere.

I think that is the fairest solution as unfortunately we aren't able to secure compensation for use of the photos at this time. If this changes in the future we'll let you know.

The tag we're going to use is blogtophoto

Thanks
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Lú_ says:

Thanks! It's much appreciated -- particularly as now I don't have to go through the group pool to see what I have to avoid conflict with other licenses.
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alfred ng (photos and paintings) says:

Can you tell me if the photos are only use once and after they used it for the paper, are these photos become copyrighted property to the national post. Do they keep it at national post's photo library?
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glistening mine [deleted] says:

interesting question
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