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Originally posted by Voodoo
Web-Legal is NOT the "Producer" of the content. Web-Legal is the BROKER. The "Producer" is responsible for the burdon of proof. Web-Legal does it as a service to the customers on a "need" basis.
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But a person shipping these pictures over state lines also needs this documentation. Is putting them on a website considered shipping them over state lines? Is producing a website the same as producing a magazine? Webmasters as publishers DO need it at an address where the attorney general can view it. The publisher is the guy who produces a book, magazine, film or website.
But let's look closer at the documentation. I live in the Czech Republic and 10% of the girls here understand written English, that's why they sign a model release in Czech as well as the English one. In the Ukraine, how many read English?
Do the two signatures look like they are from the same hand, one is very arty with a flourish, the other plain and simple. It does not even match the writing above. This would not be acceptable to any magazine editor we sell to.
And as for the guy saying a content producer knocking a broker
I have said many times that you webmasters should have the documentation. We buy from other professional photographers and are approached all the time by Eastern European shooters. Their documentation is rarely good enough, but they all say they're already being brokered in the US.
Protect yourself, never trust anyone until they have earned that trust.