Lightroom - Rights usage tab?

[mercedes]

I am supplying full size Tiff images to a magazine and wish to formally restrict their use to this particular magazine and not to be used or syndicated to/by others.
In Lightroom there is a 'rights usage' tab under the metadata heading.
Is this the best place to have a proclamation? and can anyone suggest a suitable term to use?

 

[Chappers]

I'd certainly put that information in the rights usage tab. However the client does have to take the effort to search for the data . If in doubt I'd accompany the image with an email outlining the usage the customer is permitted to use that particular image for.

Probably the simplest message is to say what the image can be used for i.e in that edition of the magazine .Then state all others reproductions are prohibited.

Also check on the magazine's T&C's you do find that they can have clauses that state by submitting the image you relinquish certain rights, and this overrides any term you may impose.

 

[mercedes]

Cheers for the reply John. Use of this Tab seems to add all the details to the image number/reference. Is this normal?
On T&C's, I'd have thought that a photographers rights supercedes any T&Cs the mag may have and that usage rights would be negotiable for each magazine.

 

[Chappers]

The image rights adds the data to the embedded IPTC data. This data is incorporated within the file. However it does mean that anyone using the image does have to check the IPTC data. Something that can be easily overlooked especially if the viewer is not aware of the data and how to view it. Hence my suggestion that you send the file with a rights usage declaration that is easily viewable. If it's a reputable magazine then you should have no real problems.

As far as T&C are concerned it's a good idea to confirm that you are both singing from the same Hymn sheet. There could be a clause that says that any submissions relinquish copyright for example, and that submissions are accepted on this understanding. You could add that the copyright remains with you. The magazine could argue that you submitted the image and therefore agreed to their T&C's. Can get complicated unless you sort it out in the first place. Many magazines have reasonable T&C's but it never hurts to check.

Also if yo are getting paid for the image, check out there payment policy. payment on publication, or 30, 60 days from publication

 

[mercedes]

Thanks again John