On Feb 11, 2014, at 1:17 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > Essentially, the concern I raised can be expressed in the following > question (more academic in nature): > 1. If the guy did it correctly, in a legal way > (i.e. hired somebody to do produce great shots for him [wedding or not - > does it matter - as it can be even done with the staged "model" wedding > or just a regular wedding, as long it is done correctly from the legal > point of view]), > would it be acceptable to display those photos in his business portfolio?
Yes. I think a legitimate business model would be for me to hustle business at wedding shows, then to hand off the actual shooting to competent photographers. What my employees or contractors produce for me is mine to claim, to sell, and to show to potential clients as examples of the work I can produce for them. > > And a variation of that, based on your [Stan] example: > 2. Do you feel OK to put shots produced by your hired assistants into YOUR > business portfolio? Yes, same answer. In my business model my reputation is based on the quality of the work my studio produces, whether I actually push the shutter button or not. At some point purists may quibble about whether a work is by Michelangelo or from one of his assistants working under his supervision. If Mike is willing to have put his name to the work, that is good enough for me. stan > > If the answers for 1. and 2. are different, then > 3. What is the difference between the situation described in 1. and 2. > above? > > I would be very interested to hear what different PDMLers think about > this type of situation. > > > >> >> And, as I pointed out earlier, he's completely screwed from the >> standpoint of model releases. >> > > Mark, that's a good point. However, it is hypothetical at this point > (even though this is something that would be likely, as the photographer > does not seem to be very scrupulous). > In principle, if the "seller" is scrupluous and had obtained the model > releases for his own needs (especially if it was on a basis similar to > TFP) then that part wouldn't be a problem. > > Igor > > -- 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.
