I'm the Assistant Photo Editor for TravelandLeisure.com. We're doing a slide show titled "World's Coolest New Attractions" and may like to include your photo of the CN Tower for the Edge Walk attraction.
www.flickr.com/photos/bmartuch417/4616824273/
If this is OK with you, please let me know how you would like to be credited (full name and/or website URL).
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Sounds legit to me Bob. I'm surprised they didn't offer some kind of compensation since it appears they are either sponsored by or owned by AE. Good exposure though! I'd be happy for something like this.
By providing the images to TravelandLeisure.com you thereby confirm that you grant American Express Publishing the rights to use the Photographs as described above, you have those rights to grant, you represent that such use will not violate the rights of any third party, and you agree to take full responsibility for same.
This is the part I'm not sure about. What do they mean that I agree to take full responsibility?
I read it to mean if they find you didn't have the right to let them use it then you may be in trouble from others instead of them. The fact they have no mention of $$ is funny and the assumption that a tag line is enough.... I guess they banks take tag lines instead of real $$ :-)
By providing the images to TravelandLeisure.com you thereby confirm that you grant American Express Publishing the rights to use the Photographs as described above, you have those rights to grant, you represent that such use will not violate the rights of any third party, and you agree to take full responsibility for same.
This is the part I'm not sure about. What do they mean that I agree to take full responsibility?
It also means that if there is any need for a model release that it is your responsibility to have obtained it and that if any sues over the use of the image that you will be the one held responsible.
The sad thing is, more than enough people will put images into their pool just for the sake of being able to say they had an image used by T&L. It's only a matter of time before we hear of a really juicy lawsuit and subsequent judgment against a non-professional photographer for not having a model release for one of their uncompensated "I've-been-used" images.
