On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
In response to Sydney's post..
Having worked in the photography industry (and been forced in front of a
camera a few times in my day..) as a consultant and a make-up artist (10
years in that industry) I've written, signed, had others sign, and dealt
with model release forms a million times over. Here is a nice standard break
down of that from the NYIP:
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/techtips/model-release.html
If we require permission for use via OTRS, I don't know why we can't have
"model release" be incorporated sexual/nude photography, modeling
photography, studio photography. Materials used for educational purposes, as
Commons is supposed to be, this shouldn't be too hard. I haven't thought too
hard about it yet, but, it is possible.
I've been advocating for this for several years (check the archives of
Foundation-l), but there's never been very much support - and none at all on
Commons. Even the Board resolution only requires an "affirmation" from the
uploader that the subject gave consent.
Nathan