One problem is that this is an international list and laws are
different in each country. For the sake of this discussion, we need
to limit it to the country in which the photograph was taken, I'm
assuming the USA.
In your case, Godfrey, the applicable law would be that of the Isle
of Man. I assume they follow UK law?
Bob
On Apr 3, 2006, at 7:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Again, I am no lawyer and have little to gain from pursuing a
specific opinion on this matter. I'm interested in that I'm showing
and selling photographs that contain people, as do many other
street photographers who publish their work. I know that the vast
majority of that work is sold without releases for the people in
the pictures.
So here's a situation that comes straight home to me. My current
exhibit (on display until April 16, btw, if you are local and want
to go see it...) has several pictures of people in it. The pictures
are, in essence, about them and the city I photographed, Ramsey on
the Isle of Man. I have no model releases for any of these
photographs. They were intended to be used for display and sale,
editorially and as art but not in advertising.
The Isle of Man Examiner, when informed of my show, did a feature
article on my show (see http://www.gdgphoto.com/ramsey/yank/) and
chose a couple of the photos to present in the article. They never
asked me for releases, never went to the people in the photo for
releases to the best of my knowledge. I will assume that they know
what they're doing with regard to liability and releases.
How does this differ from me taking the same photograph(s) and
making them into T-shirts for sale to those that like them?
Godfrey
