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LanaLanglois:
Good day:

I do have a question about the release available on 123rf website. The way I understand it, with this release form it seem that they have less respect for our models than other stock sites. Would someone kindly let me know about their opinion about 123rf model release form. Maybe I get it wrong?

"... either intentionally or otherwise and subject me to scandal, scorn, ridicule, reproach or indignity. ..."

Thank you in advance!

leaf:
that is a standard line from a standard release.  Nothing they have added to be mean.  HOWEVER some people, or sites, think that that line sounds a little harsh, and so they have left it out.

The release I use (the one from istock) doesn't go that far and doesn't scare the potential models.  I use the istock release for all the sites.

LanaLanglois:
Oh!  Than maybe there is alot I didn't catch correctly.    :o

As English is not my first language, I maybe get it wrong, but for me, 123rf release says that the model accept to be subject to scandal and that they allowed 123rf customers to attempt to their dignity... right?  The way you understand it, is it really what the text release mean?

For me, others releases does not mean exactly that. And as exemple that others do not exactly request the same from models, have a look at Shutterstock legal text for customers, it seems to me that they try their best to protect models against that: 

Shutterstock legal text: "PART II / RESTRICTIONS /YOU MAY NOT : ... Use an Image in a way that places any person in the photo in a bad light or depicts them in a way that they may find offensive - this includes, but is not limited to: a) the use of Images in pornography; b) tobacco ads; c) ads for adult entertainment clubs or similar venues, or for escort, dating or similar services; d) political endorsements; e) advertisements for pharmaceutical products, including, but not limited to personal hygiene or birth control products; and f) uses that are defamatory, or contain otherwise unlawful, offensive or immoral content."

I guess I have to get back to all those legal texts from all stock I'm in... I start having an headache now...  lol

berryspun:
Bonjour Lana!
You can feel free to prepare your own model release, and if the terms are standard, you can use it for all the stock sites.  If your MR is not limited to one model session, a few sites have the option to store it in the event more pictures of this model are uploaded, very handy.  Don't forget that some sites, like SS, changed their policy a few months ago and now require 3 different signatures:  model, photographer and witness.

CJPhoto:

--- Quote from: LanaLanglois on November 24, 2006, 10:41 ---As English is not my first language, I maybe get it wrong, but for me, 123rf release says that the model accept to be subject to scandal and that they allowed 123rf customers to attempt to their dignity... right?
--- End quote ---

You have it back to front (I hope).  What the MR says is that the photo can NOT be use in a sitation that will ... scandal, dignity ....

What SS does is give examples that make create scandal or affect someones dignity ans says that those are unacceptable uses.

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