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Now this is a new problem for me :  I shot a few photos of a young woman holding a baby.  Only, the baby is a doll, a REALLY beautiful one, and it looks like a real baby.  It is so real, that any one would believe it is a real mother and baby portrait.

Knowing I would be in trouble with Model Releases, I wrote a "note to editor" while submitting the first image, explaining why I am only adding 1 model release.  
The result ?   6 out of 7 agencies already rejected it for missing MR.  Fotolia accepted it without a problem, so they apparently are the only ones that read my note.

Of course I can resubmit, but if I have to submit and resubmit every picture of that photo-shoot, I'll be quite irritated in the end.  So I thought :  what if I made a fake Model Release, pretending I'm the mother?  Who's going to sue me?   Would I be doing anything illegal that would get me into trouble with the agencies?

I would write to support of every agency. It helped with one of my images that needed a property release..at least reviewers thought so. The image was accepted without PR after contacting support. You could also mention that you plan to upload whole series of images with the same doll.

I would think that a doll as realistic as you suggest would itself be copyright protected either as a design or as a work of art in it's own right. Both of which are big no-no's. It is also probably based on a real baby which might be recognisable. This is simply not suitable material for RF, it's a legal minefield and hopefully the reviewers read your note and rejected it on that basis.

Whatever you do, DON'T upload a fake MR or PR. Ever, ever, ever. Those are legal documents and it's about the quickest way to get your accounts closed down immediately. I'd delete any images on FT too __ they may well be reading this thread.

Ok, that's different. If you know the person that made the doll and they will sign a PR then it should be fine. Just don't go down the route of falsifying any documents.

I think you should find out as much information as possible, which clearly you are doing, then advise the reviewers accordingly and simply accept whatever decision they come to. Obviously they tend to veer on the side of caution, there's not much point in taking risks when imagery is so plentiful. By the sound of it the danger of legal issues seems remote but you need to stay honest for your own protection and that of the agencies and any buyers. Might be a lot easier to do the shoot with a real baby!

You're absolutely right if only one image is at stake, but the image I'm talking about is just the first one of a series of about 35 of one shoot.  And the shoot cost me about 650 dollars (doll included).  So I'm prepared to do 3 hours extra work to make all reviewers happy. 

Yes that's different. I believe you that the baby must be special, looking at your DT port. A PR for the paintwork would be fine I guess.

How old is she?  Old people can be GREAT models!

Sorry, forgot that you said she was dementing.
I have an 80 year old mother who's still in top-shape, but she's camera-shy and would NEVER model for me.
And I don't think I could find myself an realistic life-size old-lady-doll on Ebay WITH property release