> ... and DAVID-M is COMPLETELY WRONG if the photograph is of > a person, because the photographer nees a model release to > publish it, and until the photographer has that s/he or > his/her employer owns little.. As a photographer, I can't help but comment, and it's Friday so I'm going to cut myself some slack :-). In photography, artistic or commercial images of someone cannot be published without first obtaining a signed release for you to use their image for that purpose. (Exceptions are made for public or newsworthy figures or certain other journalistic uses although these are sometimes successfully contested.) The same applies if you paint or computer-model a real person. A brief example of a model release is as follows (though I'm not a lawyer and can't vouch that this will keep you from getting sued, especially in California): "I hereby give photographer Ronald Raymond Lussier, his legal representatives and assigns, the right and permission to publish, without charge, photographs of me, _____________________ taken at ________________________. These pictures may be used in publications, audio-visual presentations, promotional literature, advertising, calendars, on in any other manner." Also regarding photo copyrights, refer to http://www.ASMP.org/pubs/copyrightguide.html
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