Re: Image Releases

[Dustin DePree] "say for instance, I am shooting subject and person is in shot in background, apparent. Do I need to get some kind of release from that person?
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Dustin,

There's no need to be paranoid, just use common sense. If a person is in a public place where they have no reasonable expectation of privacy, they are essentially fair game, so long as you are not besmirching their character.

Now, that doesn't mean they can't try to sue you anyway, or that you would not have to pay to defend yourself, nor does it necessarily mean that you would prevail in a court of law in every case. What it does mean is that, typically, you don't have much to worry about unless you have very deep pockets, or that you are going after someone in a particularly heinous way, or that the lawyers at the movie studio distributing your film dislike you intensely.


David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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