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Releases, general question
-xiray- wrote in
: On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:16:03 GMT, Al Denelsbeck wrote: Humans and corporations - same thing from a law standpoint in a case like this. And in the event that a photo has been used in such a way as to be considered detrimental to the human or corporation, through reputation or defamation or even association, yes, there's plenty of precedents. One exception: if the photo is news. For example, if I get a shot of a guy in a Mickey Mouse suit robbing a bank, I would not need a release. If I got a shot of you beating your kid in the parking lot of Walmart, I would not need a release. If the photo showed animal abuse at a zoo, I would not need a release. That kind of thing. Yes and no. Overall, "newsworthy" usage falls under an umbrella of not requiring releases. But in the event that the image appears to be 'editorializing' or lending an inappropriate association to the subject, this can and has been contested successfully. I don't want to sidetrack the thread in some wild direction, so I'm not going to go off into details. Long time back I found a website that listed various court cases concerning 'journalistic uses', and some of the decisions against the photographer were frightening. Wish I still had it handy. - Al. -- To reply, insert dash in address to match domain below Online photo gallery at www.wading-in.net |
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:46:15 GMT, Al Denelsbeck
wrote: I don't want to sidetrack the thread in some wild direction, so I'm not going to go off into details. Long time back I found a website that listed various court cases concerning 'journalistic uses', and some of the decisions against the photographer were frightening. Wish I still had it handy. - Al. Yes. I'm aware of those. If I had to classify those suits together I'd say that the photos were not directly related to the news story and therefore, the photos themselves were not the "news" but rather an illustration of some point in the news. Clearly though, a guy in a Mickey suit robbing a bank does not fall into that category. |
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