Let me get this straight about Cybernet..

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

I just read this:
[snipped from YNOT site]
When I get a model release signed by talent, I am the one paying the bill. This company wants me to pay them, sign a model release, so they can use my (or anyone else's) image for their own commercial purposes.

Does anyone see anything wrong with this? I pay them so they can use my image to make money.

In my world the producer pays the talent so the producer is entitled to earn money off the images.

This is kind of through the looking glass stuff. Would someone please clarify for me why this is included in the terms of purchase?

*shrug* I consider it SOP for CYA purposes - a snapshot of a bunch of webmasters hanging out at the bar so they can say "Hey look at the good times at the last one" is the general end result. And the PITA that would result from taking that snap, then having to go get signatures from every person in the bar? Bleh: not worth it.

Plus, let's be honest: a lot of folks, industry-wide love trolling the pix after a show, and this give the show-throwers the opportunity to be able to provide that.