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spicyjaz
Hey, so in Asia and elsewhere I have always used release forms before hiring models for my adult movies. The ones I used there were quite a bit stricter than the one's I intend to use in Europe, simply because I wanted to be 100% sure no corrupt authority figure there could extort me. There are a lot of people in some parts of South East Asia who look for an angle to try and exploit or extort people, so I had to protect myself legally.
However, having such strict model release forms here in Europe might actually deter models from being willing to work with me, so I have some slightly adjusted ones that are softer in town. I was wondering if anyone here could tell me if they hold up, legally speaking. I'll link to the pictures of the release form down bellow so you can review.
Thank you for the help!!!
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I'm not the right person to answer whether the contract holds or not. I can however mention a couple of things, to at least give you some legal assistance or pointers.
You need to know that any contract might be adjusted should the court find that one or more contractual term is unfair. Your contract show those kind of potential unfair or one sided terms. I will not mention anything specific, simply because I don't know for sure. Some things that definitely works against you is:
- The contract is standardised.
- The contract is written by only one party.
- The contract is in English (which can be better or worse).
The three points together will probably put you in a disadvantage, as anything that's unclear or could be (reasonably) interpreted in two ways (that's why you're in court) will more likely be interpreted the way your business partner does. In other words, if something is unclear then you will probably suffer.
My advise is, no matter what document, to make sure that the person you intend to work with understands what they're agreeing to. Go through sentence by sentence and make sure that there's nothing unclear and that the person in question truly agrees with everything. Else you might get problems later even if the document is formally right.
My best advice is to print the document that you intend to use and sit down and go through it. Make notes on the side - regarding unclear points - and clarify. Doing that the contract becomes less standardised and one-sided.
Also remember that the more you clarify in the document the more it will only applies to the specific examples you're making. It's all about balance.
Good luck.