[Foundation-l] Free images and model releases

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 3/17/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> In the US persons who have their clearly identifiable image used for
> commercial purposes for which they did not consent have little
> difficulty getting a judgement in their favor.  Since this is the
> case, can we really regard an image with identifiable people to be as
> free as an image without identifiable people or an image with
> identifiable people and a suitable release?

I'm fairly sure that statement actually isn't the case.  You *can* (in
the US) use an image of a famous person for commercial purposes, so
long as that purpose is also educational (such as in an encyclopedia).

Anthony