vince123123 said:
I would be interested to know the case authority or statute which says that model releases are required. AFAIK, Singapore laws do not have the concept of model releases. hence discussions on use whether commercialy or otherwise would not be important. model releases is more a concept of the US, where specific laws are enacted to prevent the commercial usage of photographs without a model release. perhaps those which say that model releases are required in Singapore could direct us to the appropriate case/statutes or even third party sources which show this concept?
I don't know whether this is classified as a case authority or statute or not, I am not a lawyer......
Singapore Statutes, Chapter 60, Section 30, Part 5(a) ?
(a) a person makes, for valuable consideration, an agreement with another person for the taking of a photograph, the painting or drawing of a portrait or the making of an engraving by the other person; and
the first-mentioned person shall be entitled to any copyright subsisting in the work by virtue of this Part, except that if the work is required for any particular purpose, that purpose shall be communicated to that other person and that other person shall be entitled to restrain the doing, otherwise than for that particular purpose, of any act comprised in the copyright in the work.
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Still does not know whether this is classified as authorative or not .....
From IPOS singapore :
Photographer or artist If a photographer is engaged to take photograph of a person or an artist is engaged to draw a portrait of a person, that person owns the copyright and has the right to restrain the photographer or artist from using the photograph or painting for any purpose that he has not agreed to.
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Thus in my personal view, again not authorative, if the person in the portriat does not agrees to use his/her photograph in a compeitition, he/she is entitled to sue the photographer as his/her copyright is infrigned..... Am I right to say that.
If he/she provide a model release form to signify he/she agrees to the photographer's request to enter his/her photograph in a contest or competition, everything is ok, right?