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You hypocrite! Taylor Swift is accused of making photographers give her the lucrative rights to their images - just hours after she criticised Apple for not paying artists fairly
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A photographer has penned an open letter to Taylor Swift accusing her of taking lucrative rights to images - just hours after she criticised Apple for not paying artists fairly.
Jason Sheldon, a freelance photographer based in Birmingham, West Midlands, claims that copyright of all pictures taken of the pop star during concerts are passed to her agency after their first use.
This means that following the initial publication of photographs, for which a freelancer usually accepts a one-off fee, he cannot further exploit his work.
But in the hours after she published the letter on her website, Mr Sheldon took to his own blog where he accuses her of double standards and asks how she is 'any different to Apple?'
He also posted a copy of the contract that he was asked to sign before he photographed her in 2011 during her concert at LG Arena, Birmingham, on his Junction 10 Photography website.
Mr Sheldon claims that the contract allows her agency 'free and unlimited use' of his work 'worldwide, in perpetuity', although her team say he has misrepresented this clause.
He states: 'Now... forgive me if I'm wrong, but if you take points 2 and 3 in that contract (which is provided to photographers who need to agree to those terms before they are allowed to do their job in photographing you for editorial outlets), it appears to be a complete rights grab, and demands that you are granted free and unlimited use of our work, worldwide, in perpetuity.
'Photographers don't ask for your music for free. Please don't ask us to provide you with your marketing material for free. Time to stop being 'Mean'.'
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ts-fairly.html
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