Re: Photographs on web page

From: <ArborLaw[_at_]aol.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 10:03:37 -0500 (EST)

On 4/4/97, Rose Marie Parsons <rmparson[_at_]sundance.usd.edu> wrote:
>
> If photographs of patrons are to be displayed on the library's web
> page, is it necessary to have the patron's permission to use his/her
> image?
>
> If photographs of employees are to be displayed on the library's web
> page, is it necessary to have the employee's permission to use his/her
> image?

Yes and yes. They need to release not a copyright (since they didn't take the picture they are appearing in), but their rights of privacy and/or publicity. You might not need a release on the employees but it can't hurt to cover all your bases.

Hope this helps.

Carol Shepherd
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