# Publishing pictures....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-pictures/213599>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-pictures/213599 "2003-11-16T22:20:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![amandathefuelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@amandathefuelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amandathefuelie)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-pictures/213599/1 "2003-11-16T22:20:08Z")

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How is it legal for a person to publish pictures of someone without their permission? For instance, Larry Flynt threatening to publish pictures of the Barbi twins or something along those lines…

Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-pictures/213599/2 "2003-11-17T03:25:57Z")

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If the photos are of a legitimate news event, the photos can be published without your permission.

However, a picture of someone nude taken in private is not considered news in this context. But if you pose nude professionally, you will be asked to sign a release that gives the photographer the right to sell the photos.