Exploring editorial vs. commercial use of images

Ben Long: I know there are also location releases. Property releases Property releases, yes, so what's that about? Caroline Wright: There is the fear of being sued in the United States. I don't wanna be sued, and so there's really these property releases that have been created for which so far, there has really been no purpose for it, legal purpose for it, except for trespassing. You're really using a property release to say I have the right to be on this property and to shoot. Ok That's really all that matters. This is recently been tested by a very interesting case. On Lombard Street in San Francisco, the very colorful houses. Ben Long: Curviest street in the city. Caroline Wright: Yes, right, in the United States. A photographer took a photograph of one of the houses. It's brightly colored, easily identified. This photograph of this house was used to advertise mortgages. The property owner sued, because people started asking "well did you need a mortgage, are you in financial…