Someone wants to take photos I took for them over to a third party for publication. What are my rights?

[Tim]

Without a written contract stating anything to the contrary, the copyright of the photos belongs 100% to you. The publication may not legally use your photos without permission.

You can negotiate additional payment since they want additional rights.


However, since you never got anything in writing before, the business might feel like you are trying to extort additional money from them, especially if they do not understand the law.


Credit is really irrelevant. No one reads the bylines except other photographers, and the advertising value to you is essentially zero. Since a publication wants to use the photos, you should be discussing payment, not credit.