Letter concerning photographs

[Nicu Buculei]

On 04/08/2010 05:49 PM, Nelson Marques wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 19:28 -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
>>
>> Do we have any rules regarding things like needing consent from the
>> photograph subject (if it is a person), regardless of license type?
>> Particularly if they are pictures of minors? (Think students in a
>> classroom, etc.)
>>
>> Other than that - this looks dandy to me.  Just want to avoid wading
>> in those murky legal waters if we can. :)  I'm not sure how CC
>> licensing handles these types of things offhand
>
> I would suggest (I don't believe it has never been done before) never to
> use children. That aside, due to the sensivity of this subject and past
> distortions, I'm staying out of this.

Basically, to use minors we would need the release forms signed by their 
parents/legal guardians.

I think the best case would be when a contributor send photos made by 
himself with his own children and he has a good understanding of the 
rules. Anything less may lead to problems.

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