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Originally Posted by pressld2  But Pete, from what I've been reading they're not giving anyone permission - not even for a fee. They are trying to turn NTPL into a monopoly for pictures of NT properties. They have a handful of photographers that they will commission if they need a specific picture that they don't already have (I've read that David Notton and Joe Cornish are on the list) but if anyone else, pro, semi-pro or amateur, approaches them for permission they're being told no - even if they're able and willing to pay the licence fee.
Dave P. |
okay if that is the case then perhaps its a different fish of kettles - tho i wont worry about it until i get refused a permit
which is unlikely to arise as the market for pictures of national trust property is pretty rinsed already - precicely because of NTPL and the work being done by people like noton and cornish on their behalf.
therefore if a post card company or whoever wants a picture of an NT property or view they are very unlikely to come to me when they can pick up images by noton, cornish etc via NTPL, and thus i , and most other pro and semi pro landscape photographers are likely to concentrate their efforts elsewhere.
I do agree however that they have , perhaps unintentionally, gone to far vis a vis pictures taken by amateurs being put on websites. That said its not something that would worry me if i had an amateur website.