Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Be aware that "editorial usage" is not a magic shield that protects you from not having a model release. And, a poorly written release or a release written for a non-applicable purpose may not be worth anything at all. Even under editorial usage, you must be careful not to portray your subject in a false light or at least to take reasonable steps to assure that you're not portraying your subjects falsely. Bryan - -----Original Message----- From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] "Editorial usage" >At 12:12 PM 2/25/99 +0100, you wrote: >>Could someone please explain the phrase "editorial usage"? What does >>this cover? > >When the purpose is for information content, rather than for advertising or >commercial purpose. Newspapers and many magazines such as National >Geographic (and N.G. Traveller) and LIFE (the currently piece of crap >version even) and Rolling Stone. Even Leica Photography International. But >an advertisement, corporate report, or where the photography's main goal is >to sell a product, or serve as decoration, then that is not editorial. This >is quite a loose definition because so many publications cross the line. If >in doubt, get a release. > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >-The world's full of apathy, and I don't care. >