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It's also commercial use if there is no contract and you use the photo commercially. But in that case no contract exists, no release is required and the photo is the property of the photographer to do with as they wish, in the UK. The US situation is (I believe) quite different.

 

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Trying to prove a negative is impossible of course, but I can find no legislation that gives people rights over their image in the UK.

 

What is a model release?

 

A model release is simply confirmation of consent given to a photographer by the person in the photograph that the image may be used for various purposes – and it is not a requirement of the law. There are currently no standalone ‘image rights’ in the UK, but please note that they may exist in other countries.

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/04/14/photographers-rights-the-ultimate-guide/

And that seems to concur, in the UK there is no legal requirement to use a model release form, although stock photo agencies may require one as an internal rule.

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