weird legal issue
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- k0na_an0k0
we deal with college textbooks and bookstores. this is what we get from most photographers when they send images....
"Dear Sir/Madam,
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> The students and faculty in the images I've provided for the XXX webpage have all signed model releases granting permission for XXX to use their likeness as we please.
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As the XXX photographer, I do not photograph anyone without their permission in writing before doing so. The release states "I irrevocable grant to XXX the absolute right: to use or authorize the use of the finished photographs in any manner and form and for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation illustration, promotion, advertising, trade, display, exhibition or use in any periodical, journal or other publication....."
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I give permission to XXX to use these images for the XXX."You may be able to sue, but they may not give a shite.