I have a dog forum. And each year I make a calendar for the members using photos they choose of their dogs in my cafepress store. They also know that the calendars will be for public sale. This has never been a problem until an ex member suddenly decided to make a complaint about their dog's picture being in the calendars. I know now that I need a realease form from each person. My question is this; will an electronic form with an electronic signature be ok? My members are from around the world. Thanks for any advice. :)
Photography Release Forms
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08-24-2009, 05:37 AMwheeliemamaPhotography Release Forms
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08-24-2009, 06:02 AMFranglaisRe: Photography Release Forms
Interesting question. It should perhaps be in the Law forum.
You need a Property Release Form (a dog is not a person). There's an example here, with an interesting discussion higher up the site:
http://www.asmp.org/tutorials/property-release.html
A mail copy of a form is too easy to forge. I think you need a signed copy sent by fax, or possibly a PDF -
08-24-2009, 06:06 AMwheeliemamaRe: Photography Release Forms
Thank you so much for your reply. Please forgive me if i posted in the wrong place. :) But I did not see the area you mentioned. Why would a PDF be different? Thank you for the link.
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08-24-2009, 07:32 AMFranglaisRe: Photography Release Forms
By "PDF file" I mean a scanned, signed paper release form converted into a PDF by a scan-to-mail system (fairly widespread in large companies) and sent by mail automatically. It contains the signature
I thought it would be a little bit difficult to falsify but I just checked up on one I have on my system and it's not clear that it's generated by a scan-to-mail rather than by an editor, for instance. FAX is safest. -
08-25-2009, 08:01 AMwheeliemamaRe: Photography Release Forms
Ok, thank you. :)
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01-11-2012, 05:57 AMwedding photographerRe: Photography Release FormsYou may want to talk to a lawyer...Quote:
Originally Posted by wheeliemama