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Image copyright and commercial use question (obligatory britney spears pic inside)

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Sure...go ahead. You can tell anyone who asks, you have my permission.

Better get a good lawyer on retainer though...celebrities tend to be rather finicky about other people using their likeness without permission or payment...especially for commercial purposes.
 
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I work with a lot of media and run into copyrights quite a bit for images .
Quote from my lawyer in an email.
You may use any photo that could be obtained in a public area until the person in the photo ask you to remove it. You may also reproduce any photo taken by any photographer provided it wasn't a photo taken in a prearranged , private or of a contracted nature. The exception is when company trademarks or logos may appear in the photo and in those corporate law supersedes the above.
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The copyright owner is the photographer and the image is fine celebrity wise as long as they didn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Don't use the photo without the photographer's permission or stipulations.
 
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The copyright owner is the photographer and the image is fine celebrity wise as long as they didn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Don't use the photo without the photographer's permission or stipulations.
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that part i hope to cover with the license agreements on wikimedia. the celeb images i'm a little concerned about.
 
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