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Does use of stills from a film require a separate release from the one signed for appearing in the film?
Scenario (*eyeroll*): Stills from a film were posted on the title's page. Lead actress feels that one of the photos of her is unflattering (even though it's in the movie, for which she signed a release, and didn’t seem to have a complaint) and wants it taken down. It does not violate any standards, so IMDb's Help says it can't/won't be taken down. If she really wants it taken down, could she argue that she didn't give permission for it to be posted?
Also, I guess there's a second question - is there a rule governing who is authorized to submit stills from a film directly to its title page?
Thanks.
jeorj_euler
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The argument doesn't stand.
Except as to however established contractual agreement applies, the copyright holder of the film has the right to publish excerpts or freeze frames from the film wherever a host of publication will allow, and then there is the matter of the contract between the copyright holder and the content hosting outlet. When somebody uploads something to IMDb that he or she had rights or license to do so, the give IMDb permission to display that something in perpetuity. So, some filmmakers may find themselves trying to appeal to the IMDb company's better nature, but certain parts of IMDb policy doesn't provide for allowing IMDb members to remove content shared with IMDb. Hence, it is tantamount to asking IMDb to change it policies, which can often be unfair when actually done, even if it takes a long time to do it.
Might the pertinent filmmaker/studio be a participant of the IMDb Title Scorecard program? If so, the idea would be to see what the Scorecard interface actually provides for in terms of content control.
"Is there a rule governing who is authorized to submit stills from a film directly to its title page?" O, yes, indeed. The person doing such a thing must either be the copyright holder or have license therefrom to distribute the image, and such license is rather inherent (to every free person) in the case of public domain (unownable) content. The benefit of the doubt notably is given to many people who upload images, meaning that they could be found, after the fact, to have acted in error, negligence or malice, once a copyright violation complaint has been received and processed.
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