Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayandan Thank you for agreeing with be on the stupidity of this policy. You can, of course, still sell images for editorial use as long as they are marked as such. I do this in the keywording section when editing. As for the tigers, I have seen release demands for cats and dogs, so the day is not far off. Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 26 May 2012, at 05:24, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Gerry, > I am with you 100% - Getty wanted a model release from me for a > photograph of an illiterate young girl, from a nomadic tribe, who has > illiterate parents and grandparents, whom none of us can find again, > even if we hunted a few months for them. They also wanted a model > release for this photograph, which had all of my family in hysterical > laughter: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/taj/TM016.jpg.html > > I have come to the conclusion that no photograph of a human being I > have taken can ever be sold for commercial use, because I cannot be > bothered stopping the pleasure and flow of taking photographs to take > documentation! So be it! Thank heavens they do not ask for model > releases from tigers, but that day is not far off...(-: > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> > wrote: >> Thanks for the pretty full answer Tina. >> >> Please do not take this in any way as a personal criticism, but you have >> highlighted a point that I have felt so long about the whole model >> release 'thing' which I have felt for a very long time. Most, if not all, >> agencies now require releases for any image that shows a person no matter >> how nebulous. You have a release for the person in a language they do not >> understand with a signature which means nothing because it is merely a >> mark. Is there any value to that release at all? >> >> As I said, this is not a criticism of you in any way, but more of the >> industry and the stupidity of its requirements where a release is now >> required for a crowd scene which may contain several hundred people, and >> for what. There is virtually no chance that those people would take >> action in court for damages, and even less chance that they would win. As >> photographers we have to pander to the stupidity of their requirements or >> they will not use our images. >> >> Rant over! >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> www.gwpics.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information