But according to the copy you entered below, "any endeavor designed to create income," newspapers would be subject to this requirement as well.
I shoot more for magazines than newspapers. I haven't had to secure model releases for those pubs either. It just doesn't happen very often in the real world. Paul On Jan 19, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: > For the 50 billionth time Paul. In EVERYTHING I've said I have NEVER said > newspapers fall under this. > > > On 1/19/11 3:02 PM, "Paul Stenquist" <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Well, if she's right every newspaper in the country and most of the magazines >> are in big trouble. >> Go put your fist through a wall. >> >> On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: >> >>> >>> Ok, I give up, I can’t stay out of the conversation (I don’t have anymore >>> wall space that would like good with a fist punched through it). If I wait >>> longer to email again I won’t be polite so I’ll email now while I still have >>> some reasonable control over my language. >>> >>> Just read this – it goes into the when/why/how more succinctly than anything >>> any of us have typed so far. >>> http://www.andrewkantor.com/useful/Legal-Rights-of-Photographers.pdf >>> >>> With regards to commercial usage >>> >>> Commercial Rights >>> Commercial rights can be a very murky term when corporate lawyers get >>> involved. However, a general explanation would be that commercial means any >>> endeavor designed to create income or use by a commercial entity. Some >>> examples would include: a sales brochure, magazine, advertisement, or >>> billboard. >>> >>> Non-Commercial Rights >>> Non-commercial rights would be items that are not designed to create >>> significant income or use by individuals or other non-corporate type groups. >>> Things such as church bulletins, or someone printing an image to put on >>> their school binder would be non-commercial usage. >>> >>> >>> >>> ~Liz >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow >>> the directions. >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
