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Alamy Terminates Contributor Contract After Model Release Issue |
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Written by Alamy Limited
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 |
Oxfordshire, UK, 27 February 2008--Alamy has terminated the contract of a contributor for falsely stating that an image had a model release.
The company, the largest stock photo site on the web, acted swiftly
after being contacted by a member of the public who had appeared on an
image marked as released but was confident he had never signed one.
The image was immediately removed from the site pending an
investigation. After admitting he had provided false information, the
contributor had his contract terminated and all images were removed.
Writing on the company blog, Alamy’s head of content Alan Capel said:
“Given that the contributor had knowingly provided false information,
we felt we had no choice but to terminate the contract of the
contributor and remove all of their images with immediate effect.
“We are seeking to gain more of a foothold in the commercial market
where there is greater sensitivity to the need for releases. By
providing the new annotation tools we are giving contributors the
opportunity to make their images available to this market if they meet
the necessary requirements.”
He told contributors: “We take breaches of the contributor agreement
very seriously but we also want to stress that, by providing correct
release information, you are protecting yourselves against any legal
action.”
Read the blog at: http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2008/02/25/2681.aspx
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 February 2008 )
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