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If that is true then basically all the photographs in Wikipedia are illegal since the only check they do is for copyright not for model release. Pretty sure tha
by gman83 6y ago
If that is true then basically all the photographs in Wikipedia are illegal since the only check they do is for copyright not for model release. Pretty sure that's not a legal requirement.
- danbruc 6y agoOf which photos are you thinking? It most certainly varies from country to country but public figures or random people captured when taking a picture of a landscape or a building are at least in some countries not subject to such rules.
- KingOfCoders 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_release https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_release and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_... See the other comment for some of the exceptions.