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Question on Stock Photos

by mpeters7
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A lot of the stock photo sites, like sxc.hu, say something like this:

You may not use the Image

To endorse products and services if it depicts a person.
Do you folks understand this to mean that you can't put a picture of someone from one of these sites and imply that that person has used and endorses your product, or does it mean that they can't appear in anything involving a product for sale at all?

I know I should be consulting a lawyer instead of a form, but I thought I'd just see what the Warriors are doing.

Thanks!
Mike
#photos #question #stock
  • Profile picture of the author mpeters7
    Hi Steve,

    Your answer was what I was expecting. What it doesn't answer, is how does anyone EVER use a stock image with ANY person in it, if any use could be construed as "endorsing" the product?

    Even if you pay for the image, say on iStockPhoto, you get a license that says this:

    Prohibited uses for both Standard and Extended license

    Use that depicts personal endorsement by model
    So how CAN I use the images that I pay for? Or am I missing something?

    All I want is some smiling people!
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    It means that you can't use the image to make it look like the person in the pic is endorsing the product. One thing I've found to be a great unrestricted resourse is PLR stuff. You can go through it and crop out images and use them any old way you want. I've built up a file of nearly 2000 photos and images that I can use any damned way I please.

    And that's according to the PLR terms. And... according to the licensing agreement of all of the original files I've taken these pics from, I can actually sell the images - to be used in any way, shape or form. That's nice considering how much unrestricted photos go for, and how inexpensive PLR material is...
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  • Profile picture of the author mpeters7
    So, say for example that it's an offline service and it's depicting happy business owners and customers to illustrate the idea of happy business owners and customers, without expressly saying that they were clients of the service, then it's ok?

    That to me seems to be the spirit of the license but the letter of the law concerns me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Laura B
    I believe you can specifically request a model release if you do find something you really want to use but can't according to the license. Don't quote me on that, but when I was researching the same question I remember reading that somewhere (probably on iStockPhoto.com).
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  • Profile picture of the author mpeters7
    Thanks, Laura. The header image on your site is actually pretty close to what I'm talking about. Can I ask if you needed a model release for that?

    This just seems exceedingly complicated for how easy this is supposed to be.
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    • Profile picture of the author Laura B
      Originally Posted by mpeters7 View Post

      Thanks, Laura. The header image on your site is actually pretty close to what I'm talking about. Can I ask if you needed a model release for that?
      Not according to my understanding, but in light of this discussion as well as the fact that I'm going to be revamping the header anyway, I'm going to dispense with the model, just to be on the safe side.
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