Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd70!fortune!wdl1!jrb From: jrb@wdl1.UUCP (John R Blaker) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: re Releases Message-ID: <195@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 13:37:53 EST Article-I.D.: wdl1.195 Posted: Fri Apr 13 13:37:53 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Apr-84 03:49:28 EST Lines: 12 As far as I know, a signed release MUST be obtained from you be- fore the commercial publication, release, or broadcast of any recognizable likeness. It need not be obtained before filming or taping, but before its use. Public figures and people involved in news events are exempted. If you go to see the queen arriving at the airport and a news crew tapes you, they do not need a release to use your likeness. Most camera shops should have books on legal issues in photography. John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1