CrashNet
Well-Known Member
This is my understanding at least...I reedited my post however because my initial response came off offensive, and that wasn't what I intended. It is however my understanding that the categorization of people is what determines who has say in lawsuits regarding usage of individuals in pictures for financial gain. I have to be careful what I use in images at work for the same reasons. If a person is in a shot and they can't be cropped out and we don't have approval to use them, I have to blur their face completely out before making the image public.Back off topic a second... Are the laws for using someone's image similar to those for libel (stay with me)? For defamation purposes, people are categorized in three categories: public, semi-public, and private. Private individuals have the most protection, and public individuals the least.
If there are similar laws for using someone's image, that would explain why Paris Hilton can't sue over her image being used, whereas you or I could. :shrug: