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Copyright, Licensing and Model Releases

Learn to record ownership, permissions, licences and releases.

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What you will learn

1. Explain the purpose of copyright, licensing and model releases

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2. Apply a practical method to record ownership, permissions, licences and releases

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3. Recognise the main technical, safety or professional risk

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4. Review the result and record one useful improvement

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Step-by-step practice

Step 1. Identify why copyright, licensing and model releases matters to the photograph you want to make.
Step 2. Prepare the subject, location, equipment and any required permission.
Step 3. Practise how to record ownership, permissions, licences and releases.
Step 4. Review focus, exposure, light, composition, story and responsible practice.
Step 5. Complete this activity: Create a rights record for five images including creator, subject permission and intended use.
Safe and responsible practice: Keep untouched originals, document significant edits and confirm rights before publishing.

Practical activity

Complete and record this task

Create a rights record for five images including creator, subject permission and intended use.

Good-practice checklist

Original files remain untouched
Export settings match the destination
Complete the practical activity for copyright, licensing and model releases
Record settings or decisions that produced the best result
Review the result on a second screen or as a print
Ask a qualified person when safety, privacy or legal consequences are significant

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