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I am neither a professional nor a photo journalist, but what I do in FreeLens blog had read, I was somewhat shocked. After all, whether professional or amateur - the copyright is that the rights to the image always lie with the photographer. Of course he can not work order to resell x-arbitrary, but the law remains on the work of the photographer. I sell some (few) pictures from agencies. (I'm on CC licenses!) Where I could choose whether the images are to be sold exclusively there. The right of the screen and remain on a use for their own purposes, however, unaffected.

Besides, you work for the Hamburg publishing seasons. Its flagship, the living principle of excellent recordings, is certainly "Merian". With the action taken "gag contracts" the company shot some point even the knee: the really good photographers will turn away, the second and third row should be careful also there to make representations, and the replacement for the replacement of the equipment carrier (as I ) is not determined to play well. (The last thing I would take my leave, the rights to my images are.)

This is the way, seemingly in contradiction to the offer to be able to download photos from Flickr or piqs.de freely and in accordance with the Creative Commons license. In abuse case, I can do about it, I can set the editing rights, etc.

But wait, it was about the seasons and his publishing business manner. In the blog there is an appeal and a petition , which I would like to point you.