If a picture is taken of an object that belongs to someone else, you must get a 'prpoerty release' for that image if you want to use it for commercial use.
Question: if the the ownership of the object changes, which owner should be asked for the p.r., the original owner or the new owner?
Thank you for your opinion.
H.F.
Yes, does not answer the question, which asked: new or prewious owner.
When the picture was taken the owner of the object was not asked for a p.r.
Few years later, the picture can be used commercialy, so property release must be obtained.
from the current owner?
or from the previous owner who owned the object at the time the picture was taken?
I don't think that Australia has laws directly comparable to those in the US on "right of publicity" which deal with use of one's image commercially, so would expect that use of one's identifiable property issues would be similarly different. "Property" is somewhat different than a person's image because one's persona doesn't change ownership (typically) where a car, boat, building, etc., may well change hands and one owner's permission might not sit well with a later owner but asking the photographer, stock librarian, etc., to track ownership changes is impractical at best. Assuming the need for a property release/permission of some sort existed to begin with.
FWIW, I'd think one would ask the current owner but so much would depend on the specifics of the image and the uses, that there's no way to really say for sure. We'd all be guessing and that's not of much help.
