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Employee Pics on Company Website: Releases Needed?
If a company has a Web site and uses pictures of their employees in various places, should the company have signed model releases from the individual employees? Or is the company, as an employer, ... |
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Model Releases for Unrecognizable People
I have a question concerning the need of a model release for submitting my images of people to stock agencies. Does a photographer still need a model release on an image of a person or persons (gro... |
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Do I Need a Model Release?
Do I need a model release if the picture is backlit and the person only appears in shadow? It is a a partial profile shot.... |
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Images Used on a Web Site
A high school administrator recently asked if I would mind them using my candid shots of sporting events on the school Web site. How do I handle model releases for this? Is this my responsibility ... |
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Model Release for a Parade?
I recently took a lot of photos at my hometown Homecoming Parade. I want to use some of the shots in a portfolio and Web site to show my work. Do I need a release since they were in a public event?... |
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Model Releases
When photographing for a company at their private party - an event sponsored by them - do I need releases from people attending if their photos are used for commercial applications for that company... |
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Photographing Private Property
I understand that one needs permission to photograph on private property. My question is about photographing private property without actually being on the property. Last December, I shot several ... |
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Is Photo Restoration Legal?
Can I do photo restoration copies without crossing the line of copyright infringement? I do a lot of work in PS and am frequently called upon to do photo restorations. I either have to scan or ph... |
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Model Releases Vs. Personal Use
If you sell images for personal use, do you need to get a model release? For example, I took shots of a group of high school seniors before their Prom for a friend of mine - some large group photos... |
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Legal Use of Photo in Portfolio and Web Site
What are the "rules(legal)" for using photographs in my portfolio or on my Web site? If it was my shoot, don't I have the right to use those photos for my business? For example: hanging in a s... |
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Photographic Model Release Forms
In 1996, I went with a friend to deliver some calves. While there, I took pictures of children with various baby animals. For impromptu shots with a mid price 35mm camera, some came out surprisingl... |
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Photographing People: The Legalities
What are the rules regarding photographing people and then either publish the photo or entering it for a competition? If I photograph a person in a public place, am I supposed to approach the stran... |
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Model Releases for Professional Sports
Hi, I just found this great site and decided to sign up. Question: If I attend a paid sporting event like a professional baseball game and shoot photos of some of the players, would I need their ... |
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Selling Parade Pictures ... Model Releases
I took pictures of the local St. Patrick's Day Parade and I'm wondering if I could sale these images as event images. I was not asked or given permission to shoot these images of the very ... |
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Copyrights and Royalties
OK, if I know that I am going to use the pictures and I have my models sign a release, is there a possibility that they can come back and ask for royalties or something? I just want to cover all t... |
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Model Releases: Dogs, Buildings, People!
Can I be sued for selling a dog photo without written permission by the owner?... |
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Require Model Release?
I have a nice image of a piece of art that I'd like to enter in the contest and, unfortunately, when I was taking it, there was someone sitting on it (part of it is a bench). At the time, I ha... |
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Model Release of Youth Sports
I'm interested in starting a Youth Sports (action) Photography business, but I have a few questions on model release. First, do I need a model release in order to post the photos on my Web sit... |
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Legal Question: Deceased Photographers
I'm a writer who occasionally photographs the subjects about which I'm writing, but I know very little thus far about the legalities of this end of the business. I'm currently writing t... |
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Classic Cars and Copyright
1) If I go to a classic car show and take photos of the exhibited cars, and then publish to an Internet site some of the best photos. Do I need to have prior consent from the owners?2) If I was to ... |
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