Permalink25 February 2008 at 17:20 by Alan Capel
Posted under News
We were recently contacted by a member of the public who had seen himself on an image appearing on Alamy. The gentleman involved was concerned to see that the image was marked as 'Model Release: YES' when he was adamant that he had not signed a release.
We removed the image from the site pending further investigation. Upon contacting the contributor who had supplied the image, his response was that he hadn't got a release but was maybe hoping to track the person down later.
Given that the contributor had knowingly provided false information we felt we had no choice but to terminate the contract of the contributor and remove all of their images with immediate effect.
We are seeking to gain more of a foothold in the commercial market where there is greater sensitivity to the need for releases. By providing the new annotation tools we are giving contributors the opportunity to make their images available to this market if they meet the necessary requirements.
We take breaches of the contributor agreement very seriously but we also want to stress that by providing correct release information you are protecting yourselves against any legal action.
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