Interview with Lane Hartwell

Q&A with Lane Hartwell in "Going to the mat for photo copyrights":

Shankland: What do you think of watermarking to address the issue?

Hartwell: A great idea. Sites like Flickr need to employ an automatic watermarking system. The site I am moving my work to, Photoshelter, allows me to set that all up in advance and I never have to deal with it again. It´s applied to every photo.

Shankland: How much did you bill the Richter Scales?

Hartwell: They haven´t received the invoice yet. I can tell you that I used Fotoquote and calculated the invoice based on usage, the market where the photograph is to be used and various other factors, which are the typical parameters photographers use when pricing an image.