Photographer's Survival Manual: A Legal Guide for Artists in the Digital Age (Lark Photography Book) |  | Authors: Edward C. Greenberg, Jack Reznicki
Publisher: Lark Books
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 1600594204
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.730482
EAN: 9781600594205
ASIN: 1600594204
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
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Product Description
Now more than ever, anyone who wants to make money with a digital camera needs this authoritative and approachable guide. Written by the president of the Professional Photographers of America, and a leading New York copyright attorney, it provides photographers and visual artists with the most authoritative legal advice available. Everything is covered, from contracts, subcontracts, releases, and permissions to the copyright laws and all the steps artists should take to register and protect their work. Find out how to use copyright to protect your work from infringement, insure you are properly paid for your work, and how to proceed if your rights are infringed upon.
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 Don't leave the studio without it! July 23, 2010
Sarah Smith (New York, NY)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read the book from cover to cover. It is written in a crystal clear, simple, easy to understand style. I may not be the world's best photographer, but I feel more knowledgeable about the business having read this book. Every photographer should pick up a copy and start including terms and conditions on both their estimates and invoices, if they do not do so already. This book is an indispensable tool for professionals and those who aspire to break into the photography business. There is no legal training required to understand the contents of the book or the authors' valuable advice.
 Know the Law July 8, 2010
Conrad J. Obregon (New York, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's easy to think that all one has to do to be a successful photographer is put together some techniques like exposure, composition and post processing. Unfortunately, in this day of internet images, even amateurs have to know something about copyright and professional photographers have to know even more about the law if they want to stay out of trouble. "Photographer's Survival Manual: a Legal Guide for Artists in the Digital Age" tries to help the photographer through the maze of law.
The book has just four chapters. The first deals with the general rules of copyright; the second explains the process of registering one's copyright with the federal government; the third deals with model releases; and the fourth covers invoices and contracts.
Throughout the book the authors have a bright, breezy and easily understandable style. The chapter on registering one's works for copyright was the most accessible and least intimidating explanation of the process I have ever read and should dispel any fears of the registration process that a photographer might have felt. The other chapters are equally readable. However I do have a few nits to pick.
(Let me stop here for my disclaimer. Although I have practiced law, I have not done any independent research to verify the accuracy of either author's statements and you may not rely on my opinion to create any liability on my part. I do note that for many years I did act as a corporate officer responsible for intellectual property.)
The authors state that one must register one's work to gain access to a court system, and that state courts will not consider a copyright claim. Even if one believed this a misstatement registration is so simple, as demonstrated by the authors, that it is foolish not to register an image unless one wants to release it into the world without a care for what happens to it.
Another nit was the implication by the authors that the terms and conditions of sale can be included only on the back of an invoice. Since an invoice is only submitted for payment, delaying the announcement of terms and conditions until invoice submission is likely to be without effect. The terms and conditions of an agreement should be submitted before any work is done. (However, the terms and conditions provided by the authors are an excellent starting point for any agreement with a client.)
My major complaint is not with what the authors provide, but rather with what they fail to provide. There are many other types of legal situations that photographers will encounter, from entering into a lease of property for a studio to signing an agreement with a gallery to selecting a form of business, that will have serious implications. While I would advise consulting a lawyer in such cases, having a book that provides the photographer with information about what to look for and ask for certainly would be useful in a legal guide.
Not withstanding this comment the issues that are covered in this book are so clearly explained in easy-to-understand terms that most photographers who care about their images will benefit from a reading.
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