Prices and Rights Information

If you have a particular question e-mail me and I will reply. The more information you provide the better I can give you a precise price or make an estimate. Commissioned Medical Illustrations Each medical illustration job requires different types of research and may entail travel, dissecting and more detailed references. That said, the more information the client provides, the better I can estimate a price. As I have experience illustrating most medical subjects and keep abreast of new technologies, I can usually talk to the doctor/scientist/specialist over the phone to find out the pertinent information. I provide sketches and preliminary illustrations/animations over the internet. The other side of pricing is the use of the illustration/animation. See below about Rights. Once the client has provided that information, then I can make a estimate on the final price. This usually does not change unless there are client changes or the scope of the job changes, or more rights/usages are requested. I require a Purchase Order number on a business form before starting any job. Stock Medical Illustrations I have created illustrations for over 30 years and have kept the copyright on many of them. If you are interested in purchasing any image you see on this site (I also have many more not on the site) I will need to know the Rights you wish to purchase. See below. As of April 14, 2003 I will need a check or money transfer in my hands before sending anyone a high resolution image, I also will need a signed copy of my stock art contract in my hands before I send an image. No exceptions. Rights (Copyrights) Vocabulary The term, "rights" refers to the permission or license to reproduce a picture or an image. Rights are determined by negotiating between Patrick McDonnell and customer, and may be limited (restricted) in many ways, such as by time or quantity (edition, circulation) by geographical area or by language. Certain rights may be negotiated with Patrick McDonnell for each image. Check with your account representative for more detailed information regarding rights, as well as for specific rights for particular images. The list of rights that can be negotiated with Patrick McDonnell include: LENGTH OF TIME RUNNING. The time period in a licensing agreement during which a picture may be used. This may be limited by the number of insertions during that time period. LICENSE. Permission to reproduce, which may be limited by time, place, size, quantity or other consideration. MULTIPLE RIGHTS. Licensing rights which cover more than one usage for the same pictures. NON-EXCLUSIVE. The licensing of a picture which does not exclude the possibility of others using the picture in the same way, medium, territory etc. The opposite of EXCLUSIVE. NUMBER OF INSERTIONS/NUMBER OF TIMES USED. The total number of issues of any publication in which an advertisement will appear. ONE TIME RIGHTS. A license granted for the specified single reproduction of a picture. RE-USE. Second or subsequent use of a picture by the same publisher in a different publication. Compare to SECOND USE SECOND USE. Further use in the same publication. Compare to RE-USE. Not to be confused with SECONDARY RIGHTS. SINGLE. A License granted for the specified single reproduction of a picture. See ONE TIME. SECONDARY RIGHTS. Reprographic rights. The right to copy by Xerography or similar means, the fee usually collected through blanket licensing by Collecting Societies. Not to be confused with SECOND USE. SPECIAL TERMS. Any unusual conditions or uses in a licensing agreement. TERRITORY. The area and/or language for which a use is licensed. USE. A non-specific term denoting the reproduction of a picture. It should be qualified by the specific terms of the license (e.g.. medium, territory, etc.). WORLD RIGHTS. A license to reproduce a picture in a specified medium throughout the world. In publishing usage languages would also be specified. BUY-OUT. The license to reproduce a picture usually in advertising which may be without limitation in some aspect, e.g. number of insertion screenings, but still capable of limitation in others e.g. by territory, time, medium etc. COMPENDIUM. The license to rebind existing volumes to make a single further volume. ELECTRONIC RIGHTS. Licensing of a picture for use in any electronic medium including but not limited to CD-ROMs, web sites, etc. EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS. Reserved licensing of a picture which excludes others from obtaining similar rights for use of that picture. This may be limited by industry or product or client type and time period. Compare to BUYOUT. FIRST RIGHTS. The right to be the first to publish a picture in a territory or a medium. INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS. Cross-border rights granted at a fee determined by the home agent, which may be global or limited by language and territory. LANGUAGE RIGHTS. Defines permitted languages. UNAUTHORIZED USES Just as it implies, it is stealing or using the illustration without having the right to. Under US and International laws, violations of copyright and intellectual property can be prosecuted under civil or sometimes criminal law. In many cases the perpetuator ends up paying hundreds of times more in legal fees and fines than what he or she would pay if they acted in good faith and paid up front.