At 11:15 PM 1/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Dear friends, > >Please excuse the fact that I am asking for advice instead of doing my homework >by checking probably readily available resource on the web or elsewhere. I >guess I am asking you to do my work for me! Anyway, I got this "offer" from >someone out there ... do you think this is fair enough and would I be giving >away my right to resell or give away this image to others similarly interested? >I guess he could buy from Corbis or similar ... if he could find them! > >From: >Subject: water drop > >Professor, Iwrote earlier to inquire about using your photo of a water drop for >my company XXXX. I would like to offer $200.00 for the licensing right to use >the image for perpetuity on marketing materials used in conjunction with my >company, which uses artificial intelligence to optimize water supply systems. >We can also credit you by name below the image. Please let me know as soon as >possible if this is acceptable, since we have are in the process of putting our >marketing material together. > > >tx for thoughts ... >andy > > Andy, The "for perpetuity" thing seems vague. Maybe they want it for an identity device? They might find another suitable image a Corbis but would they get it so cheaply and forever? $200 is about the going rate for quarter-page, one-time-use editorial pics. Ask for stock options. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. http://www.panoramacamera.us
