I have a naive question: The horse in the photo belongs to the client after all. Can she (client) sue Angi for photographing her horse without a permission? What are the model release issues with animals? I like Richard Martin idea a lot since client is definitely going to do what she wants to, your only action can be to legitimize client's action and by Martin idea, you can for some small fee and have a peace of mind. -achal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Shah-Jenner" <shahjen@iinet.net.au> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@ase-listmail.rit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:19 PM Subject: Re: oh no, another copyright question > Angi writes: > here is my question, > > one customer was looking at the photo of her horse and commented that it > was > > a really good picture of her horse and she might use it for her > > website....could she take it somewhere and have herself cropped out of the > > photo? I told her no > > a mistake - never say no. It makes people feel uncomfortable and then they > can mentally justify whatever action they chose to take to get what they > want. > > Next time try aiming a beaming smile at the person and a loud clear voice > say: 'why, yes! - let me just work out the professional fee for you' .. go > on to explain that circumstances are different for people purchasing single > prints for private use compared to those purchasing publishing rights for > images or using them for commercial purposes and then quote your price. > > Maybe you'll get the sale, maybe the unthinking soul will simply turn > crimson and move on, a little more educated about the real issues. > > ..give them a fair price, given that they are in all likelihood going to > make a complete mess of the image ;-) > > > Karl > >
