[MR] use of photos

[Jerri Lyn Mooney]

> National Enquirer and People magazine have successfully proven in a court
> of law that what is proper and what is legal are not the same thing.
>
> For myself, I don't mind having my picture taken even though I look like a
> dweeb most of the time; people take pictures for the memories of a person or
> an event or a place. I will download photos to spark my own memories, and if
> I find anything I want to have a print of to put in a frame or an album, I
> will pay the fee and order from the web hosting site.
>
> ~Lady Flora de Bayeaux
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Rozsa <bessenyeirozsa at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
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>> Now if a photographer wants to set up as a merchant and advertise their
>> availability to come and photograph your special moment, prowess in a
>> tourney, or take portraits of you - superb!  But if they just wander around
>> the event snapping pictures of whomever without proper releases in order to
>> place your image on their website and then sell your image - regardless of
>> where the proceeds are going - that is improper.  If my image is to be sold,
>> I should have a say in where the profits go - or have signed a release
>> allowing the photographer to use my picture as they saw fit.  Outside the
>> SCA no one has the right to use my image to make money for any reason
>> without my permission, we should not lose that right just because we put on
>> garb and run around a medieval event.
>>
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