Here's What I Know...

[Wojapi4Me]

The link below will take you to a pdf document provided by an Oregon law firm outlining many of the laws and perceived laws surrounding photography. While it doesn't cover the topic of publishing photographs per se, it does provide some valuable information that may help some here.

http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf

[Paul G]

well, you usually have to get the person (s), subject a/o commetee to sign realease forms if the finished product is for profit... Ben Marra has a site, he'd probably be more helpful.http://forums.photographyreview.com/...ead.php?t=8533

^^^just to answer your Q^^^

hope that helps!:)

Thanks for trying to help answer my question. Yes that is a question I've been trying to find the answer for.

My idea is to have a book (probably in electronic format) of photos I take at events. I get a lot of requests for people to download them and see them in high resolution. This could be one way to do that.

One of my questions is that if it is a group photo, such as:

http://www.powwows.com/galleries/showphoto.php?photo=5602&cat=510&page=1

Who's permission do I need to get before I publish it? Gathering? The drum? The different Gourd Socieites? Or no one?

So thanks for bringing this up here, I appreciate the help!

[Paul G]

Would this be PWS.Com Paul G that made that post?: I think a release form would be in order to gain profit from someones picture. But, what do I know, nada,!

Profit is not the big issue, I'm more interested in the publishing rights. I don't want to offend anyone or be liable. It's really a matter of respect.

And Singerdad, I've heard the same thing about taking photos of groups. But what if it is a person in the group activity, but it is just a photo of 1 person such as the example I used on the Photo site:

http://www.powwows.com/galleries/showphoto.php?photo=5485

I know that alot of Pow Wow photos are published without anyone ever knowing or giving permissions and I know that isn't the best idea. In our local Roadhouse grill there is a whole wall with a portrait painted of Marty Pinecose. I doubt he knows about it!

Photos are touchy subjects. I try to protect the ones uploaded here by stamping our watermark on them. But you'll still see them on sites being used.

I even found a elementary school one time that had downloaded the entire PowWows.com (before the forum) and was running the pages off of thier server so they could view the photos.

Anyways, thanks everyone for the help! I really want to find the definitive answer, but I'm afraid like with most things, there just isn't a black and white answer--it's very gray!

[Brisa26]

Glad to Help, Anytime!

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[Paul G]

Thanks. Until I find out some answers and methods to get consent, I don't see this going much further.

Welll see.