Forged property release

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A home owner saw his residence used in an ad for a credit card company. He knew that he’d never given permission for his house to be photographed. Though the photo agency had a signed property release on file for the image, further investigation by the agency revealed that the photographer had provided it with a forgery.

The photo agency settled with the homeowner and protected the ad agency and credit card company from all claims. The photographer is no longer a contributor to the agency and all his other images were pulled from their collection.