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Dear Mr. ____, I am one of the many volunteer editors of the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org), the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia is among the top 5 visited sites on the Internet, and its sister site Wikinews (en.wikinews.com) is a well-viewed news source.
The act of taking a photo of someone in a public setting without a model release, or of viewing or non-commercially showing such a photo in private, generally does not create legal liability, at least in the United States. The legal issues surrounding model releases are complex and vary by jurisdiction.
Taking a picture of a person in a public space: Requires consent. Taking a photo or video of someone or drawing them in a painting constitutes an illegal act by itself according to Article 57 of the Greek Civil Code (57 ΑΚ, 57 Αστικός Κώδικας) even without any publication of the resulting photo, video or drawing.
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Consent is also required for publications of images of individuals in public spaces, but no consent is needed if the subject in public space is a public figure, if the ordinary individual is photographed as part of a large crowd, or if the publication of the same ordinary individual "is in the public interest".
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Abercrombie & Fitch's chairman and chief executive Michael Jeffries, in this Feb. 16, 1998, file photo, has a contract that includes a $1 million annual salary & a retirement package not tied to ...