Submissions copyright issue / model or photog is screwing me

[emmanuelle]

I dont buy photos from models. I buy them from the photographer, and have the model sign my release wherever possible.

[furrygirl]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

I dont buy photos from models. I buy them from the photographer, and have the model sign my release wherever possible.

So, does that mean you usually buy content from a photographer who provides you with copies of his/her own model release, plus his/her copyright release?

Like most other sites in the "alt porn " world, I'm running Veg Porn in a more model-centric way than traditional porn. Many of these sites buy their content directly from models, and have actual model involvement in the sites. (I'm not saying that everyone else cheats and beats their talent, but I do think that some sites have more model input and respect than others.) While some sites have staff photographers, I think a lot of our models simply get their partners to shoot the pics, or even do so themselves.

What's my point? I suppose just that this is common practice in one corner of the web, and I still prefer dealing directly with models.


As an update to the situation, the model in question got back to me, and it seems like the problem is perhaps one part confusion over her deal with the photographer, and one part the photographer being a pissy ex-boyfriend.