Lewis Lang wrote:


Where in copyright law or elsewhere in the law does it state that a contract
must be a bilateral agreement in order to be legally enforcable? Isn't a
unilateral contract also enforcable? WHy does something have to be in exchange
for something else. A contract is merely an agreement, that's all, whether
something is exchanged is besides the point - though few people will sign


Part of the legal defination of a contract is that something is exchanged.
You'll see contracts that have $1 going to one party just to prove something
has been exchanged.

things without getting something in return, those that would sign a contract
(ie. a modle release) (perhaps a friend or a relative would be more likely to
sign w/o getting somthing in return than a total stranger or a client) have
given their right and permission for their likeness to be used whether there is
something in exchange (valuable consideration) or not. It is till a legal


Did the model get paid? Did the model get prints? Did the model get to
learn how to be a model?

Nick