Large Drug Compannts to use pictures of my kids, what are my rights?

[jlhorstme]

In Brief: I took face shots of my kids
when young because my youngest was exposed
to chicken pox as the oldest child .
The issue is, one child had a vaccine and
the other did not. I have perfect comparison pictures. I gave these to my Doctor to use for visual help for patients to make decisions. As the picture shows how
awful the pox can get!
Well, a large company wants to
use them for education, ads, website, etc.
What are my rights?

 

[Lguidance]

well, there may be some type of appropriation argument. Have they offered to pay?

Also, what deal did you make with your doctor concerning the use, was it merely a verbal "use these if you want to"??

And did the doctor get money from the company?

[This message has been edited by Lguidance (edited April 09, 2000).]

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jlhorstme:
In Brief: I took face shots of my kids
when young because my youngest was exposed
to chicken pox as the oldest child .
The issue is, one child had a vaccine and
the other did not. I have perfect comparison pictures. I gave these to my Doctor to use for visual help for patients to make decisions. As the picture shows how
awful the pox can get!
Well, a large company wants to
use them for education, ads, website, etc.
What are my rights? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

Didn't I already post a response to this very same question, just the other day? (See below)

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