How a Model Release Turned Her into a Poster Child for…Everything – PhotoShelter Blog

How a Model Release Turned Her into a Poster Child for…Everything – PhotoShelter Blog

Author Shubnum Khan signed a model release that allowed a photographer to license her portrait as stock photography. The image ended up in advertisements around the world.

via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/08/how-a-model-release-turned-her-into-a-poster-child-for-everything/

In many locales, so-called “personality rights” allow individuals to control their “right of publicity” – a legal right that allows an individual to control how their likeness is used commercially. Without seeing the fine print of the model release she signed, it’s impossible to speculate whether all the licensed usages were, in fact, legal in all jurisdictions and for all uses. Releases often prohibit using a model’s likeness for controversial topics like cigarettes, adult content, etc without explicit permission from the model.