legality of publishing photos

[al]

If you take a photograph of someone in a public place and have it published for reasons other than advertising, do you need a model release.

 

[StvShoop]

hope this is helpful!
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7942
there's a link in there that mentions model release forms

 

[mentos_007]

In most countries it is legal unless the person photographed takes less than 13% of the whole photografy. Also it is legal when it is a crowd, but "crowd" isn't precisely defined. So if somebody is more less 13% of your photo it's ok. There might be some problems if the person photographed has his/her business card or id visible with his/her personal data.