re-sell of purchased negatives
Tango
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my sister in-law asked me...
her wedding photographer sold his business to another photog. the new photog called her to offer the negatives (from her wedding 10yrs ago) to her for $80 before they destroyed them....
i told her that was a tackless scare tactic and to offer to purchase them for half....
should i have told her something different?
now ive been thinking... maybe there is some law that would not allow the new company to do this?; 1, destroy the negatives, 2. resell them since they didnt even do the work in the first place....
is this even legal?
whats your thoughts?
personally this is right up there with the tele-markerters scaring little old ladies about their car warrenty to me....:deal
her wedding photographer sold his business to another photog. the new photog called her to offer the negatives (from her wedding 10yrs ago) to her for $80 before they destroyed them....
i told her that was a tackless scare tactic and to offer to purchase them for half....
should i have told her something different?
now ive been thinking... maybe there is some law that would not allow the new company to do this?; 1, destroy the negatives, 2. resell them since they didnt even do the work in the first place....
is this even legal?
whats your thoughts?
personally this is right up there with the tele-markerters scaring little old ladies about their car warrenty to me....:deal
Aaron Nelson
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Storing negatives is a cost that the new company probably does not want to incur. Protection from humidity, temperature extremes and fire/flood is not a free expense. The new company probably has no reason to keep all those negatives especially if nobody is ever going to buy a print again from it.
$80 for all the original negatives from a wedding. Dude, that's a bargain. Buy them!
Honestly, I can't figure out why this bothers you, and to a certain extent that bothers me.
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thanks for your opinion, dont let it bother you that it bothers me....
i understand that couldbe a bargain...(i havent seen the photos so i dont know how good they are or not..)
i just dont know any of the copyright laws and such....
i think the strong arm tactic bothers me most....
like....:
heres something thats special to you, i know you want it, but couldnt afford all of it 10yrs ago....so let me treaten to burn it all if you dont give me MONEY!!! for all i know its a scheme that gets played all the time from these people....
anyway.... later...
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it doesn't seem like strong-arm tactics to me
maybe
maybe she doesn't
he, nor you know if that's true. most photographers never, ever sold their negatives.
I do understand and agree with you to a certain extent. If the new owner is going to burn or discard of the negatives in any way, yes, it would be civil and very magnanimous to offer them to her if she wants them. They lose nothing by giving them away; save the trouble of burning; gain heaps of good will.
I'd understand better if the offer were: "The new owners of this business are willing to sell the negatives, otherwise they will be kept on file should additional prints be requested in the future"
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really? how could you possibly know this? people are people.
i was here just to find out copyrights....not to feel like i stepped on a landmine...
i see, and i agree, i really do thank you for the comments. really.
Stepping on a land mine, doesn't feel good at all.
If you want to know about law, I know about business law. The law states, "On a takeover, whether it's hostile or friendly, the purchasing company has rights to all of the assest."
They could do what they wish with the negatives. They were nice enough to offer the negatives. And 80 dollars is a give-a-way. I would only pass up the offer if I have all the pictures I want from the wedding.
Photographers don't keep negatives for the clients. They keep them for themselves.
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It's all about the moment...
Personally I never did like storing wedding or portrait negs......I always offered to sell to the clients after they made their orders.....I would give them a few months after their orders had been delivered and send them a card asking if they would like to purchase their negs for $$$, that way you will always know where there are......I packaged them in nice binder pages and told them if they had a safety deposit box that would be a great plce to insure their safety.
Relax.
As far as copyright goes, the new company owns the copyright, so they can destroy the negs or sell them. Personally, I think it's nice that they went to all the trouble to notify clients and give them the chance to buy their negatives instead of just throwing out all the old files.
They are not threatening anyone, this is not a "scheme", they are offering to sell the negs for a VERY reasonable price.
I'd advise your friend/relative to go ahead and buy the negatives.
thanks for your opinion...