> 1) If I grant you "ok" to publish my image on just your website, then others can download that image and even print it for personal use but not commercial use?
> 2) Are images on your site locked in some html code so downloading is not possible?
Dowloading is possible, as the version you have put on APOD website. But
for this reason we don't put a hight definition picture on the web site.
And if you want we can put a tag in the botom corner of the picture.
That is what we do most of the tiem let see an exemple :
http://www.cieletespace.fr/node/7605
And if someone steal the image in france even for a web site, our photo
editor his here to ask him some rights for you or sue them. In an
foreing country he can try but it's of course more difficult.
> 3) How long do people typically grant Ciel et Espace rights to publish their image? 1 year? 6 months?
We never deal this kind of things. But it is just negociated for one
use, here on the website for on picture of the day. If for exemple we
need it to print in the magazine we ask to the athor, and we pay for it
if the author want a fee.
> 4) Is there some std license for me to review& agree upon to proceed?
Yes the french right. In the french right that is 100% favorable to the
author, whatever you do or negociate, the athor is owner of his picture
for all his life. So we don't especialy negociate for a kind licence,
the french right is enought. Here it's very different thant in the US
for exemple. You don't give us the picture, this notion doesn't exist
here. You just allow us to show it on our website with the conditions
that you decide.
> 5) If either party decides to terminate the agreement early prior to agreed timeframe, then the image is pulled from data storage and deleted?
For the same reason than the previous point, It's obvious that if at any
moment you whant the picture to be put of the website their is no problem.
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> I've not made my own website, but have thought about it.
> Over 2 years of photography I probably have 30+ images that I feel people would consider to purchase.
If you have a lot of pictures like this one may be you should sibmite
them to my colleague Franck xxxxxx(name changed), because we have a photo agency.
> This conversation we are having may be the tipping point where I make a website for that purpose,
Of course you should
regards
Jean-Luc .
>
> regards,
> Mike R
>
>
> below is copy/paste from your website:
> Legal
> Sky& Space magazine published by the French Association for Astronomy