published photos and releases

[Conk]

If I were to sell photos that have people in it, to a marketing company, would I first have to have a signed release from those people?

[CyberDyneSystems]

Yep...

You can sell photos of people taken in public places for "artisitc" use (like a gallery etc..) without a release.

But if it is for anything commercial.. then a release is required to protect you and the marketing company from being sued.

[Conk]

I assumed as much. Thanks for the ultra-fast reply CDS. :D

[robertwgross]

With some stock photography companies, they ask the photographer to answer this for each photo:

( ) Model Release on file ( ) No Model Release on file

If you answer the first one, then the deal can go ahead. If you answer the second one, then often the deal stops there.

---Bob Gross---