consult@uwmacc.UUCP (MACC Consultants) (09/28/84)
< I think I saw a photo of the line eater nude in Byte last month>
According to the law, nobody has the right to publish or show publically
(sp?) ANY photo of another person without that persons written permission.
For example, if an amateur photographer takes a picture of someone on the s
street, and later wants to enter the photo in a contest, they have to
submit a model release with the person's signature.
The only legal exception is for 'news' photos, with the idea being that
if something happened that day, it wouldn't still be news two days later,
so the newspaper is exempted from having to get a release.
The question isn't whether Vanessa posed for those pictures, but whether
the photographer had a valid model release. According to Hugh Hefner,
the release didn't look valid. (Playboy was offered the pictures before
Penthouse bought them.)
Someone asked how a specific set of pictures are identified on a release.
I don't know that they are identified. I took a photography class several
years ago where we had a session with two nude models (one male, one female).
Our release said that we were allowed to use the photos for discussion
purposes, but not to publish them anywhere. But nowhere on the release were
the pictures described. (taht would have been difficult, since we signed
the releases before the session.) I suppose it would be easy for
someone to later shoot other pictures, and nobody would know what rights
went with what set of pictures.
Sue Brunkow
'Everything you know is wrong'
- Firesign Theatre