March 2010

Robury Festival Review & Photos

Submitted by Concert Photos ... on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 8:48pm

Concert Photos Magazine has just released a review with updated news and lots of concert photos. Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, The Dead with Phil Lesh & Bob Weir, Les Claypool, Damian Marley with Nas, Phil Lesh & Jackie Greene, Peter Rowan, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, Gov't Mule and lots more.

http://www.concertphotosmagazine.com/2010/03/rothbury-festival-review-photos.html

Rights Grabbing Photography Contracts

Submitted by Walter Rowe on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 7:29pm

Photographers are asked to sign increasingly restrictive agreements when they pick up their photo passes. Some restrict the use your photos to the specific edition of the specific publication for which you are shooting. Many go as far as transferring all rights in your photographs to the artist or management company leaving you with nothing. Any agreement that limits your use of the photographs you take is "predatory" because it contains "rights grabbing" language.

Actual Rights Grabbing Contracts

Submitted by Walter Rowe on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 7:09pm

Attached are release forms for the following artists who are known to have rights grabbing or restrictive language: Avril Lavigne, Beastie Boys, Cheap Trick, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Janes Addiction, Jimmy Eat World, Jonas Brothers, Lenny Kravitz, Matchbox 20, Mike Ness, My Chemical Romance, Paula Abdul, Queens of the Stone Age, Steven Seagall, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, The Mars Volta, The White Stripes.