Sensitive Subjects

ImageCode: 303BLI50643
Photographer: BlendImages RF

There are legal considerations that must be understood in relation to sensitive subjects:

If a client intends to license the image for a sensitive subject usage, it is the client’s responsibility to contact the TIPS images local office to notify them of all the details of the usage, request sensitive subject permission, and to finalize the sale accordingly.

TIPS images cannot clear sensitive subject for images that are not model released. Additionally, model released photos require further clearances from the photographer and/or model to avoid potential defamation. The process to clear any needed sensitive subject usage might require several days. Not all sensitive subject usages will be approved, and in some cases a model may ask for an additional fee for such usage, which will be passed along to the client.

Good judgment and common sense demand attention to humour, cultural differences, and many other variables which might be considered sensitive. This area of rights is subjective, and each client must determine for itself both the need for additional clearance and the level of risk they are comfortable with.

List of Sensitive Subjects

The following sensitive subject list is intended to give the user only a range of topics that fall under the sensitive subject heading, and is by no means a complete list:

  • Abortion
  • Adoption
  • Aids/HIV
  • Alcohol
  • Birth defects
  • Breasts and breast enhancements
  • Cancer and major illness
  • Child abuse
  • Contraception
  • Depression
  • Drugs and substance abuse
  • Eating disorders
  • Fertility issues
  • Gambling
  • Genitalia issues
  • Guns and weapons
  • Homelessness
  • Homosexuality
  • Incontinence
  • Menopause
  • Nationalistic or religious fanaticism or hate groups
  • Poverty
  • Psychiatric issues
  • Sexual issues
  • Sexual harassment
  • Suicide
  • Teenage issues
  • Tobacco …