But again, they have to protect themselves in case you inadvertently appear in the background of a photo. I worked for the advertising agency, Doner Advertising, that does thw Detroit Zoo's ads. The television commercials and print ads are scripted and sold well in advance. The shoots at the zoo employ professional actors. Sometimes they might take place on a day when other people are at the zoo. So a disclaimer is necessary.
The paranoia over this issue is borderline ridiculous. Private property owners and custodians have a right to protect themselves from our litigation happy citizenship. More than once when I've shot commercials, bystnders have tried to place themselves in frame. I'm not sure if they just want to be on television, or if they're trying to rip us off. But for many shoots, we have to have a squadron of security people to keep the idiots out of frame. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anthony Farr wrote: > > > The way I read it [...] > > My general approach to legalese is to take /nothing/ for granted. :-) > > > assured that the zoo's advertising agency is not stalking you to get > > perpetually model-released and royalty free images to plaster up wherever > > they choose, no further consent needed. > > Oh, I wouldn't expect them to do that, simply because it isn't cost > effective. However, that verbiage clearly allows them to use your > likeness in their advertising, uncompensated, if you are visible in a > photo or video or audible in an audio recording that they make while > you're on their property. A very common thing. But the verbiage > doesn't restrict it to that, either, without some assumptions and > inferences. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
