Hector Christiaen Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 hello images of landscapes with advertising inscriptions like an hotel or brand names must put them in the section editioral ?? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 it's not necessary, just mark them as RM with no releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 In my opinion you could only put them in RM editorial only, or RF editorial only. Not straight RM. The need for model releases is the same for RM or RF if images are used commercially. Making something RM does not remove the possible complications of using a RM no release shot commercially. For instance a client could buy and use, for the first time a RM shot commercially, using Alamy ecommerce, without talking to Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 22 minutes ago, Bill Brooks said: In my opinion you could only put them in RM editorial only, or RF editorial only. Not straight RM. The need for model releases is the same for RM or RF if images are used commercially. Making something RM does not remove the possible complications of using a RM no release shot commercially. For instance a client could buy and use, for the first time a RM shot commercially, using Alamy ecommerce, without talking to Alamy. I respectfully disagree. IMO I have no liability if I annotate an image correctly, including release status. It lies with the publisher. My images are annotated in the way I suggest. None has been used commercially, AFAICS, but if they are, it's not my problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I tend to agree with Mark (a.k.a. spacecadet). You can just make your images straight RM or RF editorial and indicate that you don't have releases. Alamy provides lots of info on releases for potential buyers. It's up to them to read it. That said, I do tick the editorial use only box occasionally with images that I want to be extra sure about. P.S. Should say that I'm definitely not a lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: I respectfully disagree. IMO I have no liability if I annotate an image correctly, including release status. It lies with the publisher. My images are annotated in the way I suggest. None has been used commercially, AFAICS, but if they are, it's not my problem. Exactly that. Alamy have contacted me in the past to ask whether I would remove the restriction on a RM image with no releases so that the customer could purchase it at their risk. At the time I restricted a number of my images if I wasn't sure were I stood (one such image was of a high profile sports personality inside a venue). The first time they asked me I checked in triplicate that in no way would anything come back on me. Since then I've removed all restrictions and just mark releases accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, Avpics said: Exactly that. Alamy have contacted me in the past to ask whether I would remove the restriction on a RM image with no releases so that the customer could purchase it at their risk. At the time I restricted a number of my images if I wasn't sure were I stood (one such image was of a high profile sports personality inside a venue). The first time they asked me I checked in triplicate that in no way would anything come back on me. Since then I've removed all restrictions and just mark releases accordingly. Alamy has also contacted me asking if I could remove editorial only restrictions on specific images (none of them ended up selling, though). The only time I didn't comply with their request was with a set of images where I had signed an agreement with an institution stating that my images would be used for editorial purposes only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Relieved that the method seems validated as it is also the way I go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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