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Do all images submitted have to have a model release or property release?

April 26, 2017images model Property release submitted

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Do all images submitted have to have a model release or property release?

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If an image includes clearly identifiable people or property, then you should be in possession of a signed model or property release. Clients expect a model or property release assigned to an image and the chance of a sale is far greater if you have one. If you do not have a suitable model release or property release, we may still accept your submission. However, we shall have to mark the image as ‘editorial use only’, which means that your image may be used in newspapers and magazines only (where the copyright and privacy laws are slightly different). Do NOT mark your image as having a suitable release when it doesn’t. ImageStoreUK will take legal action against any fraudulant submissions. So in short, always get a property or model release for your image!