Halle Berry Says It's 'Not Cool' Drake Used Her Image Without Permission

[stewie_e]

Halle Berry says Drake didn’t get her permission to use photo of her as promo for his new single ‘Slime You Out’ ft. SZA:

“Didn’t get my permission. That’s not cool I thought better of him… when people you admire disappoint you, you have to be the bigger person and move on !” pic.twitter.com/s3oMiMjwub
- Pop Base (@PopBase) September 16, 2023
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Comments

[thereinventions]

I don't understand how he was able to use that Getty photo. Are they not supposed to be use profit? Editorial is one thing, but to use it for something that'll make you money? I thought that wasn't allowed.

[manu19]

Exactly:

„The only commercial license available for celebrity photos is Rights Managed.

While Getty Images, Rex Features, and other agencies work with Rights Managed licenses, they do it for Editorial use only. They specify in their terms that they do not grant nor facilitate model releases nor permissions to use celebrity photos commercially.

So, how to be able to use celebrity photos commercially? You need to find and contact the celebrity's manager and negotiate with said celebrity a fee for your intended use of their photos. „

[teacoat]

oh, interesting!

[kamikashi]

i didnt find the exact photo on getty but one of the slime photos and clicked through the options about commercial usage:

Image intended for editorial use only

Commercial use of this image may require additional third party permissions.
Please contact your local office to help obtain proper permissions, select a different image, or click on Continue below if your intended use is editorial or if you have already secured all necessary additional permissions.

[thereinventions]

I know that some photos show up and are only available depending on where the photographer or media outlet is based.

I was trying to find a photo of one of the U.S. federal agency secretaries at an event for work, but found it was only available on the U.K. Getty site. Unfortunately, my job only pays for the U.S. subscription.

[kamikashi]

oh I will say I didn’t mean I couldn’t find it, just that I didn’t bother to try to find the exact one and quickly clicked on any slime photo on Getty. Like I literally only took one minute lol. I only searched just to see what the buy options said on the Getty site. But ya know that does make sense just cuz it’s licensing rules by region origin

[qween_tartii]

if the use is commercial then they'd need the photographer's permission as the copyright holder - celebrities don't own the copyright to photos of themselves. from what i can see on google, permission from the person in a photo is only required if the images were taken for private/domestic purposes (e.g. if your wedding photographer wanted to use some of your photos to advertise their business).

(i mean it sucks and he absolutely should have asked her as a courtesty. but there's no legal requirement for him to do so, that i can see)