[rollei_list] Re: What good is a model release now?

  • From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:31:34 -0500

Why, Jerry?  I haven't lost a case yet ;-)

> Austin,
>
> You may be a great engineer, and a super photographer, but you would
> make a shitty attorney!
>
> Facilis est descensus Averni.
>
> Jerry
>
> Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> > Jerry,
> >
> > > There is no such thing in law as an honest mistake!  Ref: my attorney.
> > > Ignorance of the law is NO EXCUSE.
> >
> > There was no ignorance to the law.  The laws were never in question.
> >
> > > The 15 megabux was 5% of the PROFITS from this product, from the
> > > time of initial misuse of the photo.
> >
> > Er, so?  It shouldn't matter one bit how much a company makes from a
> > product, since THEY are the one who puts up all the risk.  The
> model should
> > have been compensated at a rate commensurate with his work, period.
> > Anything more is unreasonable.  IF they lost money on the product, could
> > they have gone back to him and said give us our money back?  If
> no, then the
> > converse should not be true.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Austin
>
>
>



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