I mentioned in my first post that I used to get paid to provide photos to publications. I still get requests for photographs, but increasingly publications are less willing to pay for them, and yes I blame this on Google and Google Books.
In this post I call out Nylon Magazine http://www.nylonmag.com/ for the cheap ass mofos that they are. Specifically, I am calling out Nisha Gopalan who appears surprised that I would not give away Nudie's and my own intellectual property so freely.
She writes - "Hi. I'm working on a global travel guide about key figures in music and music history. (Link for our blog is here: http://museyon.com/) I was wondering if you had any high-resolution press or free-usage photos of Nudie Cohn that we could use? He is such an important part of music history and I really want to include him in the book. Thank you so much in advance for your help! Nisha." nisha@nylonmag.com
I reply - "The fee for usage is $100.00, let me know if you'd like a photo." This is after I dropped my normal quote of $150. (which is the low end of industry standard) to $100., as there is a recession on, and I realize times are tight for everyone.
She replies - "Thanks for your reply. So there are no free use photos? I'm afraid I don't have a budget. But we'd really love to include Nudie Cohn in the book, since Nudie's work is so legendary.
Best
Nisha"
Oh really, Nisha . . . you don't have a budget??!! Let me ask you -- do you work for Nylon magazine for free? Will your book be free? Why in the world would you expect me to give you something for free? I don't walk into a newsstand, pick up an issue of Nylon Magazine, take it the register and ask if it is FREE!!!
If you want a free Nudie photo you'll just have to steal it off Google Books like everyone else! Jeez.
PS - Even "Butterlies are Free" wasn't free, as this link to Google Books illustrates.
http://books.google.com/books?id=B8HRTmLHp4kC&pg=PA4&lpg=PP1&dq=butterflies+are+free&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html
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