Re: photos for web

Thanks for the plug, Aron :-)

Regarding the need for a Model Release, I've always gone by the
assumption that these two factors are important:

    * Are you going to make money with the picture?

    * Is there one person in the image who is:
         (a.) clearly recognizable, and
         (b.) clearly the "subject" of the photo?

Also, generally "public" spaces are generally safer than "private"
locations (where access is restricted), but I think the "Is this a
commercial work?" question is the most important. Also, in public
groups of three or more, it's difficult to argue that the picture is
about you, as an individual.

All that said, I'm not a lawyer, and I don't even play one on TV, so
you probably shouldn't say, "But, Rob told me..." to the judge if you
get in trouble. Honestly! I may be wrong.

However, even if I won't go to court to defend you, there's certainly
no shortage of opinions on the internet nowadays, so here's a couple
of links I found just now which should be helpful:

Photographic Model Release Forms: When You Need Them, When You Don't
<http://www.betterphoto.com/article.asp?id=37>

When do you need a Release and when don't you?
<http://www.nyip.com/sub_idx_pgs/referidx/basic_model_release.html>

when you don't need a model release photo - Google Search
<http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=when+you+don%27t+need+a+model+release+photo>

Rob Johnson
Computer Operations & Information Services

Aron Roberts writes (06/21/2006 at 2:45 PM -0700) :
   (Concerning - Re: [Webnet] photos for web) :

>At 12:06 -0700 2006-06-21, Monica Friedlander wrote:
>>I'm also constantly on the lookout for good photography and I'm
>>very frustrated that an institution as large as Cal doesn't seem to
>>have a pool of photos for staff to use.
>
>In the message "Re: [Webnet] photos for web", dated 2006-06-21,
>Pepper L. Moore wrote:
>>I've asked about the students too, seems that managing the model rights
>>was/is an issue.
>
> In a posting to the Webnet list in March 2004, Rob Johnson of COIS
>offered this collection of campus photos for general use:
>
> http://cois.berkeley.edu/photos/CampusPhotos/CampusPhotos.html
>
> I don't know whether Rob had to contend with model rights issues
>when he created this collection, which primarily consists of
>exteriors of campus buildings and other physical artifacts, but
>includes some incidental pictures of students.
>
> For Rob's original posting, and the terms under which he offered
>these photos for use at that time, please see:
>
> http://ls.berkeley.edu/mail/webnet/2004/0086.html
>
>Aron Roberts
>Information Services and Technology

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