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Originally Posted by AaronM
I've never really given it much thought. I personally don't care if I am given credit or not. If I sell or license the images then it's for the company to label and market themselves, not me. If they choose to give me a credit that's up to them but I couldn't care less.
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I've worked in TV news as an employee, done contract work for networks and sold content to newspapers and magazines. In my experience credit varies widely depending on the standard practice of the industry and individual outlet... as well as the type of employment/contract agreement exists. Oh yeah... also space, time and the mood of the buyer/editor/producer/director.
When I sell a license to use an image commercially, I don't expect the client to put my name in their ad.
When I sell a license to for unrestricted use of images to a porn site, I don't expect credit. I expect that site will want to put their own watermarks on the images. I might leave some info in the exif, but I honestly don't expect that to make it through their production process.
If you want credit, ask for it up front. In this business, my guess is you'll usually either get ignored or told the price just went down so that you can promote yourself.