Link posted by Sarcasmos in the Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival (Aug. 11, 2016) post-show thread:
Hotade bojkotta Morrissey - då ändrade sig stjärnan - GP
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excerpts:
FUN Large operators Rockfoto and TT threatened to boycott the Morrissey gig by artist unreasonable demands. When Morrissey changed suddenly.
Not even two hours before Morrissey would imagine the scene at the Way Out West his manager sent out an e-mail marked "Urgent" to all photographers at the festival. To get the photograph artist from the photo pit, they had to sign a contract - where they basically disclaims rights to their images.
Threatened with Boycott
Great actors Rockfoto and TT then threatened to boycott the show completely. So did the Göteborgs-Posten photographers.
- It is sad when a cultural as safe yourself once have been tearing to get together to rent for doing what he is passionate about trying to shoe on freelance photographers who are also trying to get together to rent, says GP's Tomas Ohlsson.
He continues:
- Now I have not read the details of the contract but I understand it went out of the images were used only once, and that they then belonged Morriseys management. In perpetuity. Which is bizarre. The copyright belongs to the photographer and that great artists are trying to go around something that is constitutionally enjoined's just embarrassing.
new email
After the majority of photographers protested against the contract came a new e-mail, even the "urgent", at 20:35. Where announced Way Out West's press department of Morrissey's manager changed - no longer have to sign any contract to get the photograph.
The requirement has still left a sour taste for photographers at the festival. Freelance photographer Petter Trens, as for the weekend shooting of Boras newspaper, find the contract that the Morrissey's management presented the danger of lowering the standard in the industry.
- If you write on the type of contract, although they probably are not legally binding, the tour companies find that they need not pay for the images. That means a loss of income, plus you can never charge more than their last job. I would rather strike a blow for the image value. We believe today that the images are free, but there is always someone who pays in the end.
Here is a copy of the contract:
Hotade bojkotta Morrissey - då ändrade sig stjärnan - GP
Google Translate to English
excerpts:
FUN Large operators Rockfoto and TT threatened to boycott the Morrissey gig by artist unreasonable demands. When Morrissey changed suddenly.
Not even two hours before Morrissey would imagine the scene at the Way Out West his manager sent out an e-mail marked "Urgent" to all photographers at the festival. To get the photograph artist from the photo pit, they had to sign a contract - where they basically disclaims rights to their images.
Threatened with Boycott
Great actors Rockfoto and TT then threatened to boycott the show completely. So did the Göteborgs-Posten photographers.
- It is sad when a cultural as safe yourself once have been tearing to get together to rent for doing what he is passionate about trying to shoe on freelance photographers who are also trying to get together to rent, says GP's Tomas Ohlsson.
He continues:
- Now I have not read the details of the contract but I understand it went out of the images were used only once, and that they then belonged Morriseys management. In perpetuity. Which is bizarre. The copyright belongs to the photographer and that great artists are trying to go around something that is constitutionally enjoined's just embarrassing.
new email
After the majority of photographers protested against the contract came a new e-mail, even the "urgent", at 20:35. Where announced Way Out West's press department of Morrissey's manager changed - no longer have to sign any contract to get the photograph.
The requirement has still left a sour taste for photographers at the festival. Freelance photographer Petter Trens, as for the weekend shooting of Boras newspaper, find the contract that the Morrissey's management presented the danger of lowering the standard in the industry.
- If you write on the type of contract, although they probably are not legally binding, the tour companies find that they need not pay for the images. That means a loss of income, plus you can never charge more than their last job. I would rather strike a blow for the image value. We believe today that the images are free, but there is always someone who pays in the end.
Here is a copy of the contract:
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