Shana,

In addition there is also the issue of who owns the copyright to the image
if you lift one off the web.

You are best off in having a open call for children in your community to be
photographed for this - you could even do it as a nice marketing effort /
contest.

You can find information on model's releases at:
http://asmp.org/tutorials/property-and-model-releases.html

The forms are here:
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/techtips/model-release.html

Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Senior Conservator and Museum Consultant
Los Angeles, CA

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Jack Boulton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I would whole-heartedly suggest getting model releases. It's a very simple
> form to organise and it can save you a whole host of headaches later on.
>
> What you might find is that a few people are 'funny' about signing away
> 'all
> rights' to a picture - sometimes this is understandable. If that is a
> potential problem, then be specific about where the pictures will be used,
> if you can.
>
> Regards
> Jack
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Shana West
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> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] model release
>
> Hi all,
> I'm working on an exhibit about/for children and want to use images of
> them on a few panels. I was considering flickr, and I realize it's
> legal for museums to do so, but then I got concerned about model
> releases. Parents tend to be pretty protective of their children's
> images. I recall a horror story I heard in an exhibition course about
> a museum having to take down an exhibit because a visitor sued. The
> images are small (6" x 4" tops).
>
> My museum doesn't have a policy on model releases, but we don't rely
> on fair use when it comes to copyright issues. We tend to buy stock
> images or use creative commons-licensed images.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Shana
>
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