ALAMY GETS TOUGH ON MODEL RELEASES!

• Alamy Gets Tough On Model Releases! – Stock agency Alamy has put a post on its blog describing tough action against a contributor who knowingly supplied inaccurate information about an image. The agency was contacted by a member of the public who had found an image of themselves marked as having a model release. The contributor admitted not actually obtaining a release, and Alamy terminated his contract! [expand story >>>]

Alamy's terms and conditions state that "Alamy gives no legal assertion that an image marked as having a model and/or a property release has these releases."

In related news, spoof online newspaper The Onion pubished a story last year, Hero Firefighter Loses Lifelong Battle With Fire, illustrated with an image of the allegedly deceased firefighter. But when the image was brought to the attention of the actual living firefighter recently, he complained. He had signed a release, but believed his image was only to be used by The City of Ottowa. [add comment]