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Originally posted by WebLegal
Actually, I've been debating such a move for some time now. I think that the main issue will be not wether or not they want to provide the records, but wether or not they will do their own records scanning and editing... THAT's the real issue.
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Look, if they DON'T - if they are unwilling, then DON'T FUCKING SELL ME THEIR CONTENT
Pretty simple that.. no?
You just said how you try to talk people out of the content business who are not willing to take the steps needed to be in the business.
To me, after going through this BS,
this is one of those steps. If they are unwilling to
show you they have proper docuementation, why in the fuck are you selling their wares to us?
There aren't many tools REQUIRED to be in this business.
A camera or video camera of some sort, wad of cash to pay your models & your overhead, and a ($299) 4-in-1 color copier/scanner/pen-clock-radio thing to keep proper records, I spose an ounce of common sense doesn't hurt either.
And back it might not have been practical to have a copier in house. But I've see copiers in grocery stores as low as 5 cents a copy. If the photographer doesnt have a copier, It should be a requirement that the models bring a clear copy of their ID (as well as the original) to the shoot.