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		jemfinch on May 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doctors and dentists tell patients, "all your revi... Model releases are not necessary for the use of recordings as evidence.

ChuckMcM on May 24, 2011 [–]

But they [releases] are required to sell the video to 'clip show' producers (exemplars "Caught on Tape", "Outrageous Videos", Etc). One of the complaints in the 'stupid person falls in the fountain' case was that the security camera footage did not include a release.

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