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<p>Sorry for the late reply! I submitted a response earlier but didn't seem to be posted.<br> Thank you for the insights! I appreciate the pro and cons that you offered in the posts above. They are very helpful & I can tell they come from your experience.<br> Just for clarification: No, they are not a charity. I looked at their website & they have many pictures there, however I can't find any credits given to any photographer. If it is on brochures to their clients, such as zoos, museums, and so on, who is going to check who took the pictures anyway? <br> They credit they are offering is to put my name. Not sure how valuable it is. Currently I am an amateur, but going pro in the future is definitely on my mind. I'm still learning all the ropes, both on photography & business side. <br> Thanks again for all the inputs. </p>

<p>Hello all,<br> I have a humble flickr site that I've been maintaining for several years. Once in a while, I would get a request for using some of them for their own purposes. The latest one was a request to use some of my flickr pictures for their marketing purpose. Particularly from this album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/14786780@N07/sets/72157644976870916/<br> Their exact wording:<br> "We would like to use the images on our project marketing information sheets that describe the exhibit work our firm designed. The project sheets will potentially be viewed by our prospective clients only and not used for commercial purposes. We would also like permission to utilize your photos on our website where we reference the Kidspace Children's Museum. This would not be for commercial use. "<br> I'm just learning about copyright and the general photographers' opinion on this matter, so I'm not sure how to respond. The company has a website, of which it relies heavily on pretty pictures on different sites in different states, as it is one of their main selling points to their clients. On one end, I feel like it's a dishonor to photography society that a company (a pretty big one, from their website) who get paid for advertising these places, failed to compensate the photographers who shot the pictures. On the other end, it seems that this is how the photography world is going to? <br> I don't make money from my pictures, however I do put some of them in my blog to support my articles, where one of the post would have identical pictures with the ones they requested, not sure if it mattered: http://beyondlosangeles.blogspot.com/2014/06/kidspace-childrens-museum-part-2.html <br> If I say yes, what photographer credits do you usually give? What about giving the digital copy of the image? (they requested that, as I will quote below):<br> "Please let me know if you give your permission to use the image, the required photographer credit and how we can go about receiving a digital copy of the image."<br> Thank you for helping this novice. </p>