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Property Release
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art & pix values and respects the copyright, patents, and all intellectual property of a creator. The following summary provides information about intellectual property and the rules to respect when distributing photos.
Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs.
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This property release needs to be submitted together with the picture that is related to it. Please upload your picture and send the property release to info@artandpix.com.
Model release
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In order to protect the rights of a creator the item must be recognizable especially in the case of photography and design when the image captures a recognizable copyrighted item it must have a release from the owner to use the work. If subject of the photo is not recognizable then no release is needed. "Recognizable" means that the creator and sometimes more importantly the law can precisely identify the item. Details are important and one should try to avoid questionable images.
Tip: One might ask themselves "If I went to this place, met this person, or saw this work of art, would I recognize it/them from this image" If you answer NO to this question then you should be safe, however if you answer YES you might need to investigate if the item is protected by privacy or copyright.
Following some further important information:
Persons - If an image displays recognizable people then the photographer must get a model release. However, if the Model is dead for more than 70 years you are protected. There are many situations where pictures of people do not require a model release. Here are some examples:
- The model is shown from behind
- The model wears a mask, a helmet or another thing which hides their face
- The photo is a close-up of the model face so that the model is not recognizable a shadow hide model face.
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