On 3/4/06, Jerome Reyes, discombobulated, unleashed: >Guys and Gals, > >Someone wants to use an image of mine for a t-shirt. The problem (?) is >that it's a portrait of a stranger and her child (about 1 year old) that I >took about 5 years ago while just walking through a local street fair. >I've contributed nature and animal photos before, put never people shots >(without permission). In short, the question is, can I really sell this >photo for usage without permission from the person in it? I guess I'm >picturing a hilarious (albeit unlikely) event of the person eventually >coming across someone wearing a tee-shirt with THEIR photo on it. How >weird would that be? > > >Thoughts? Experiences?
Without a doubt, unless you have a signed model release form of the subject, you are infringing personal liberties by 'publishing' the pic in this way - especially making financial gain from it. That said, it was 5 years ago and the chances of the subject coming across the one T-shirt are remote, so why not. If she sees it, your friend can claim ignorance and say he picked it up at a flea market :-) Publish and be damned! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
