Unfair Editorial Photo Contracts: VICE Wants “All of Photographer’s Rights”

Unfair Editorial Photo Contracts: VICE Wants “All of Photographer’s Rights” | PDNPulse

Vice, a media company valued at more than $4 billion, sent this contract seeking a full copyright buyout to a photographer, offering only a small fee.

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Not only did the media company—recently valued at more than $4 billion—want all of the rights to the photographer’s images, they also wanted the photographer to indemnify Vice Media LLC from any legal action that might result from the use of the images: