At Cutcaster, we have been working on an improved Royalty Free Contract and have done some of our own research on what the different competitor sites' agreements look like. We always want to improve and will listen to anyones' suggestions. With the help of J. Gracey Stinson over on TalkMicro we researched and collected all the different terms and agreements on competing microstock and stock footage/photo content sites. Here is a list below with the links. When you get a second check out Gracey's website as well.
Cutcaster
Content License Agreement
Contributor Agreement
User Agreement
123RoyaltyFree
Terms of Use
Licensing
BigStock Photo
Photographer and Member Agreement
Photo Usage Agreement
Buyers Terms For Special Licensing
Canstock
Terms & Conditions of Use for Buyers
Crestock
Upload Agreement
Dreamstime
Links to all TOS and Usage Agreements on one page:
Feature Pics
Terms of Use
Image Licenses
Links to all TOS and Usage Agreements on one page:
Lucky Oliver
Membership Agreement
Supplier Agreement
User Agreement
Shutterstock
Submitter Terms and Conditions
Stockxpert
Terms of Use
Artist Agreement
Image License Agreement
Which one do you think has the fairest contracts? Which is better for buyers? For sellers? Where can changes be made?
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
MicroStock Contracts, Agreements and Terms of Use comparison
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Cutcaster
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This is a great list, thanks! We do need to talk about how to make better T&C's. You have to balance the legal stuff, without cutting off the community's power. I'll have a look through these and see how they compare.
ReplyDeletemark, over at XLNTads how do you guys make changes based on feedback you get about contracts? do you get many users that ask you about your contracts? i'm really looking to start a dialogue with people about what is fair for everyone.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm afraid that most of our brand clients will be dictating the terms and conditions for people who participate in each of the creative briefs. For now, we haven't gotten a ton of feedback from the community regarding T&Cs but I'm sure once we really get rolling we'll hear more.
ReplyDeletecool. i will let you know what we come up with as well. i'llbe interested to see what happens as well once we launch and get some more input.
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