[Editors] labeling people in photos

[Andrew Whitacre]

A related question I'd ask is, would one need the permission of a) the subjects or b) the copyright holder?

Debbie, could you clarify: how might this case be different from, say, when I take a picture of event attendees (when I haven't heard the issue of subject permissions come up)?

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On Jul 15, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Deborah Ann Levey wrote:

What is the current practice for using group photos online or in print when not everyone has given permission? The picture in question shows members of a 1993 departmental intramural team, and I wrote to all 10 people who were labeled. Four wrote back with long alumni updates, but six didn’t respond to several follow-up inquiries. The new person in charge here says we can’t post it on our future alumni news web page unless everyone gives permission, so I said I’d ask this group.

Debbie
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