Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/01

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Subject: [Leica] When is a release requirted?
From: "Robert Rose" <rjr@usip.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 19:03:19 -0800

Tina,

Did he sue, and win at trial, or was the case settled?  Can you imagine a jury in NY being sympathetic to an upper-class person (of any color) whining that he was mistaken for being middle-class?

Bob
..........
The public place rule is no longer true.  A photograph of a Black man 
walking across a public street carrying a briefcase was used to illustrate 
an article in the Sunday NY Times on the rising Black middle-class.  He 
objected to the implication that he was middle-class, sued and won.  Even 
with editorial use, if the photograph implies something, you will need a 
release.  Previously this applied to categories like drug addict, homeless, 
criminal, etc., but in these litigious times you can't be too careful!

Leically,

Tina