February 2008 Archives
Stockxpert has been criticized by some contributors for being "unfairly" strict on model release requirements. The common complaint is usually that because other microstock sites accept these images, then Stockxpert should too or else it won't be competitive.
The law basically states that permission must be granted by identifiable people who are subjects of images used for commercial purposes. The idea is that human subjects of commercial photographs have a say in whether or not they want to be associated with a product or service.
The question then is what's considered identifiable?
Continue reading Model Release Madness.
