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<h2 id="types-of-release">Types of release</h2> <ul><li>Adult release: This is the form most commonly referred to as a "model release". The language of this release is normally intended for use by models over the <a href="/facts/Age_of_majority/gceoNzKK">age of majority</a>.</li> <li>Minor release: This variant of the model release contains language referring to the model (who is a minor) in the third-person, and required signature by a parent or other <a href="/facts/Legal_guardian/fjnl4kqG">legal guardian</a> of the model. A release which is not signed by a parent or guardian may afford no legal protection to the publisher.</li> <li>Group release: This is a modified version of the adult release, which includes additional signature lines to accommodate use by multiple models or subjects in a single image.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Personality_rights/z0NqdfQe">Personality rights</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.danheller.com/model-release-primer.html">Basics of model releases</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130520065513/http://www.nyip.com/ezine/techtips/model-release.html">"Basic model release"</a>. NY Institute of Photography. Archived from <a href="http://www.nyip.com/ezine/techtips/model-release.html">the original</a> on 20 May 2013.</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Dan Heller (2008). <i>A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases: Making the Best Business Decisions with Your Photos of People, Places and Things</i>. Wiley. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-470-22856-2.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>FAQ about privacy and libel Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine ASMP.org <a href="http://asmp.org/tutorials/frequently-asked-questions-about-privacy-and-libel.html" target="_blank">http://asmp.org/tutorials/frequently-asked-questions-about-privacy-and-libel.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Legal rights of photographers COB.org <a href="http://www.cob.org/documents/mayor/eob/legal-rights-of-photographers.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cob.org/documents/mayor/eob/legal-rights-of-photographers.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>