I would have to check with a lawyer to make sure, (you can be sued for anything these days), but I don't think that model releases are necessary even for the commercial use of photographs of people or events that take place in public spaces. Unless that is you plan some kind of slander or libel. The event organizers would have no more rights in this case than you do.
At 03:03 PM 2/26/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Here's an interesting quandry: > >I may be in a position to sell a photo. The prospective user is a local >festival and the photo is of the start of a 10k race with all the runners >coming toward the camera (it's at >http://www.robertstech.com/graphics/pages/7d101407.htm). > > >I originally took the photo for editorial use, so no model releases were >necessary then, but they *would* be necessary for commercial use. Except >that the prospective buyer is the festival/race organizer whose entry forms >(that all the runners signed before being allowed in the race) stipulated >that photos taken during the event could be used by the organizers for >promotional >purposes. > >So it seems that the race organizers do have the right to use the photo >without getting signed releases from everyone recognizable in the picture. >(Try to count them!) My feeling is that the race promoters clearly have >the right to use the photo and that I'm OK as long as I don't try to sell >it to anyone else. Any thoughts? > > >-- >Mark Roberts >www.robertstech.com >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
