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Legality of selling pictures of people

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Old 11-07-07, 13:47
ashley beolens ashley beolens is offline  
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Hi all, long time since I was on here, so how are you all?

I have a question regarding the law (not sure where to post) It is to do with pictures of people and selling them.

Now I know normally you would require a model release form, but how does that work when it is people paid to be at an event event?

I will give you an example: I was recently at the British touring cars at donnington, and took some photos of the girls holding the drivers lane boards!! I have seen others selling these sorts of images and wondered where you stand legally, do you still require a model release form in order to sell the image?

Cheers in advance guys/gals

Ashley
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Old 11-07-07, 15:21
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I would imagine you need permission from the event promoters.
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Old 12-07-07, 14:57
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ask on www.dontstayin.com

the photographers there only take pictures of people at event so will have a clue.

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Old 12-07-07, 17:44
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You do not need model release forms if selling candid shots of people within a wider scene, however it is how the images are used that might cause problems, i.e. if you photographed someone leaving a betting shop and it was used to illustate an article about compulsive gambling, then the person in the shot could have a legitimate reason to claim against you and/or the publication depending on how you labelled the image when supplied to the publisher.

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