I wonder what happens if anyone attach at stock sites a fake model releases, I mean, a fake signature and fake data

If someone were to do that and get caught they'd likely have their account closed. It's fraud.

I wonder what happens if anyone attach at stock sites a fake model releases, I mean, a fake signature and fake data

It is forgery and fraud, a criminal offence, you go to jail. On any site they would close your account and you would lose all earned income, plus the site may sue you for their loss.

Don't even think about it!

-Larry

Why do you ask something like this? Do you want to try?

Maybe friend does.  Friends always want to do wrong things... 

Actually that's an interesting question. My first guess is that it would never matter unless a legal issue came up regarding use of the image. I can't believe that anyone is actually contacting people in stock photos and asking if they signed the release.   Of course if the person in the photo saw the image being used somewhere, and was unhappy about that, and hadn't signed a release, and an apology alone wasn't enough, you'd be toast.

I think it's a very bad idea. It is also a very bad idea to ask about it in a public forum. I would like to think that this was a more of a provocation rather than a real question.

An interesting question. Although now the first thing that came to mind for myself is why do this? This is just a whole can of worms and any serious photographer micro, macro whatever couldn't possibly be this nuts, a newbie maybe this naive to think this is ok but cant really see it either. So that only leaves me thinking of one real last possibility..........stolen images! How / why else would anyone be wanting to submit images with forged releases! Really there is no way to check to see if the person in the image is the same as the release, even with a release with a copy of a government issued id!

Paranoid maybe but it makes sense!

NO, I'm NOT planning to do that  if I do, I wouldn't put it on a public forum 
It's simpley I felt quriosity about put this topic over the table and know people's opinion  Years ago I red in a internet forum a person stealing pictures of people on public places and faking model releases, but it was years ago  Just wanted to askask stockers 2 cents

Sounds like a great way to get sued.

Maybe friend does.  Friends always want to do wrong things...

ROFLMAO! 

I suppose one could get away with it for a time as long as the model didn't find out their image was all over the place. Me? I would be so paranoid...I would never even try it.

Can't imagine why anyone would try faking a model release and risk account closure, lawsuits, or worse.  It would be a really, really stupid thing to do.

If you can't get a model release then you don't have the model's permission to use their image.  Simple.   Legally and ethically it is just WRONG!

Lisa,
you know exactly that there are people out there doing it. The same way they steal our images and re-upload them as theirs.

It happened to many of us and it's absolutely no question of ethics or whether it is legal or not because the people who do this don't care about that.

Quote from: click_click on September 25, 2009, 13:35

Lisa,
you know exactly that there are people out there doing it. The same way they steal our images and re-upload them as theirs.

I must be quite naive, because I really hadn't thought about that.  I can see your point though - if you steal images of people and reupload as your own obviously you would have to fake a release to have them accepted. 

OTOH pretty much all the stolen images I have seen uploaded to microstock have been either vectors or photos that don't have people in them. 

I will admit that I don't spend a lot of time or energy on following the progress of the thieves though.  Are a lot of them uploading "model released" stuff?

I've heard that it's happening - I doubt anyone can give you numbers...

But seriously when you read all the posts about what kind of images are being ripped off you wonder why would they take those images? If you rip off a best seller then it will shortly rise to the most popular list right next to the "original" once there it won't last long until someone wonders how 2 people can submit the same image.

Furthermore I've seen one of my images being offered unaltered on a few agencies by no less than 3 contributors and gee they all came from Eastern European countries. Try to enforce them laws over there. Don't even bother - it's just upsetting.

Once you see people do this why would you be surprised to hear that they also fake releases???

Well, tempted or not, it's wrong and illegal.

It could cause a lot of very big problems for the photographer, the agency and the company or person who used the image.

A lot of damage can be caused by that.

Whatever the reason is why someone would feel the need to fake a MR - it's going to jeopardize your career.

In your situation, Anyka, I can see your point.

I think all the sites take the model release thing a little bit too far. Unrecognizable faces are unrecognizable people. I don't care if they can identify themselves by their clothing or their dog. Unless their clothes are handmade by them and their dog is the only one of it's kind in the world, there are a million other people with those same clothes and same dog.

I would say a good % of images that are submitted with unrecognizable people were taken in public places. If somebody doesn't want their clothes or their dog to be photographed, then they should stay in their house. That being said, it is still the sites' requirement and I would not jeopardize my sales by doing anything against the rules.

I AM totally with the model release requirement though if their face is showing.