Getty Images WTF
June 21, 2009
I'd really like to know why I need a model release for a picture of a monk wearing a full face mask in order to pass review on Getty Images--the subject in question is most definitely not recognizable by anyone, not even his own mother! Maybe GI thinks the mask is actually his face, in which case makes me wonder what the editorial team there has been drinking...
Posted by jraptor on July 01, 2009
I finally got clarification from Getty on what the deal is--apparently if there is even the slightest possibility that the individual (s) in the photo could indentify themselves, then a model release is required. Over the top in my opinion (I mean, I could claim I was dressed up as a Stormtrooper in somebody's Star Wars covention photo and they'd never know--but I guess that's a moot example since they'd never get permission from Lucasfilm to publish it commercially in the first place) but cie la vie...
Posted by jimmy on June 22, 2009
interesting... didn't know that... I thought if the subject was not recognizable, it's not illegal... assuming that's what they're trying to avoid... hm...