On Jan 18, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: > Actually, I work for part of the New York Times and while the newspaper > itself doesn't use model releases all the time - magazines and online > properties owned by NYT that aren't news outlets MUST have model releases.
I work for The New York Times as both a writer and a photographer. They have never requested a model release for the newspaper or the web. In fact, I just received an update regarding the photography requirements. There is no mention of model releases. While I work primarily as a writer, I occasionally get photo-only assignments from the NYT. One that comes to mind was a job shooting an exercise class for brides. There were approximately 15 women in the class. I was not asked to provide releases. Nor was I required to obtain their permission to use the photos. Paul > > Even newspapers have been successfully sued when photos are released with > inflammatory and inaccurate captions (such as a person sitting on a park > bench with a caption about bums sleeping in parks). > > In the US (it does vary from country to country), you need a model release > (and technically a property release) for almost every photo. Now, in > practice, photographers are rarely sued (or even asked to take photos down) > when they are published in galleries or personal blogs. The issues usually > arise when photos are sold and published in magazines or other public > consumption publications (advertisements for example). > > There are some exceptions based on photos taken in public places and at > public events. However, these are poorly defined in the law and judges are > notoriously inconsistent on rulings. Most judges take the side of the > person photographed without permission, although there have been a few > notable cases where judges sided with the photographer. One case that was > on the side of the "photographer" actually damaged the image of > photographers in the US. The judge ruled that it was ok for a man to use a > cell photo to secretly take upskirt photos of women in a mall because the > mall was a public place. I haven't heard yet about the appeal but I hope > this one is overturned because it has drastic ramifications for privacy > expectations for all of us. > > > On 1/18/11 7:09 AM, "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You definitely don't need a model release for a picture taken in public and >> published in a gallery , a newspaper or a magazine. Thousands of legal >> precedents have affirmed that. Even the NY Times, which is hyper cautious >> doesn't require that. I shot dozens of people for them at the dream cruise. >> No >> releases. Not even names on some of them. They were published both in the >> paper and on a web blog. >> Paul >> >> >> On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Thibouille wrote: >> >>> Don't think so. >>> If it is published, you need autorization IMO. >>> >>> 2011/1/18 Boris Liberman <[email protected]>: >>>> On 1/18/2011 2:12 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>>>> >>>>> "It is the sole responsibility of the submitting photographer to obtain >>>>> a written release >>>>> from any _recognizable_ [emphasis mine] person in a submitted photo." >>>> >>>> Don't you have a rule/law in your country whereas if you take a picture of >>>> a >>>> person in public and don't use it for profit/publicity/etc then you /don't >>>> need/ to have a written release therefrom? >>>> >>>> I've a pic in there that shows faces... No problems this far. >>>> >>>> Boris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs >>> ---------------------- >>> Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, >>> DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... >>> Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 >>> Programing: Delphi 2009 >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
