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Old 02-28-2006, 11:09 PM   #32
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Yes, that's why, after setting out some signposts (in a fascinating discourse!) in response to the specific legal questions about privacy concerns, I suggested that everyone sleep easily and get up tomorrow and just do the right thing -- which all but about two in a thousand will do anyway.

Here's the kicker -- I have a legal background, yet I have never asked a portrait or figure subject to sign a release. It's nuts, I know, and I cannot justify it rationally. It's just that it makes me feel like Snidely Whiplash trying to get Nell to sign the Deed before the train arrives.

I don't recommend this odd behavior across the board, but I'm personally very comfortable with it, because I don't even come close to crossing the line. And if some subject ever suggested otherwise, I'd apologize and cease using the challenged image. And it would be over. Nobody who doesn't want to be in one of my paintings is going to be. Simple solution.

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