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Originally posted by BrutalMaster
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You do not need models releases since it's consider public nudity.
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That would not prevent someone from sueing you for using their image for profit without a release. These are not 'public personalities' where you might have some defense. These are private individuals and they have a right to the use of their image. Just as importantlyk, anyone in the background of the shot would also have a case.
I'm not talking about releases in the sense of age verification, I'm talking about a person's right to the rights to their own image. Just being naked or topless in public does not change that right under copyright laws.
Just my 
Brutal
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Judge King said, "An individual, minor or not, that goes down into the French Quarter must be aware of what takes place during Mardi Gras. This is a well-publicized event that I think anyone local, and even those outside Louisiana, would know what to expect. It seems to me that there was consent. It appears that they were consenting to this type of behavior. They were consenting to the video and/or photographs that were taking place. It seems they were pretty willing. Certainly, as relates to a cause of action, they did not expect this to be a private matter. Because when you do it [expose your body] on Bourbon Street or in a club and you know there is an individual with a video, certainly you must expect that this is going to be shown all over the place."
Commenting on the dismissal of the lawsuit Judge King said, "It is a little mind boggling to think that an individual over the age of, let's say 15, who goes on Bourbon Street and certainly sees this, prior to participating in it, doesn't realize that this [videos] will be all over the country at some point, because people from all over the world come to Mardi Gras and go in the French Quarters."