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Playboy Playmate Contract Question
Hey everyone! I follow Playboy on their official Instagram account and they’re having a casting call for Playboy Playmate models. I have a question about their modeling contract when it comes to posing nude for other websites. I was wondering, if I become published as a Playboy Playmate, would I be allowed to produce nude content on other websites like OnlyFans? I read through some of the old threads on here about Playboy’s contract, and one of the threads said that Playboy Playmates could not pose nude for two years without Playboy’s consent. I’m not sure if that still stands today because that post was made over 10 years ago and things have changed. Especially with how so many girls are using websites like OnlyFans to produce their own content. Thank you to anybody with any information! Aug 09 24 05:52 pm Link That may be old info - and it will depend on if a Playboy photographer is shooting the content of course (in which case it would be restricted via copyright in any event) - but, for stuff you create, it doesn't appear to be the case....read on...
Best thing is to take the contract you are looking at to a real, honest to gosh lawyer, rather than a web forum. I am NOT a lawyer...but I know lots of them, and have had to review quite a few contracts. BTW- Playboy has "Playmates" again? Next best thing, assuming the contract is on-line and you can view it in a web browser - on you computer browser, do a search for the word "Exclusive". On my Mac, running Safari, That is "Edit>Search" and then type "exclusive" in the search box. When I do that for the Playboy site (which I do not think is the same as a Playmate contract), it APPEARS that the usage is non-exclusive: Below is a copy or some relevant sections from that contract: "User Content License. For all User Content you post, upload, or otherwise make available (in this section – “Provide”) to the Site, you grant PBCI a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and fully sub-licensable, assignable and transferrable license to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, adapt, translate, archive, store, and create derivative works from such User Content, in whole or in part, in any form, format, or medium, of any kind now known or later developed. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize PBCI to: (i) share the User Content across all websites, mobile applications, publications and other online and offline services affiliated with PBCI; (ii) include the User Content in a searchable format accessible by users of the Site and other PBCI websites, mobile applications, publications and other online services; (iii) place advertisements in close proximity to such User Content; and (iv) use your name, likeness and any other information you Provide in connection with our use of the material you Provide. You waive all moral rights with respect to any User Content you Provide to the Site. You also grant PBCI the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you Provide or otherwise submit to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, commercial purposes, and developing, manufacturing and marketing commercial products using such information. All rights in this section are granted without the need for additional compensation of any sort by PBCI to you or to any other person or entity. You agree that you will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PBCI and its officers, directors and employees for all claims resulting from User Content you post. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of such disputes, and in any event you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses." and further down: Intellectual Property You confirm that you own all intellectual property rights (examples of which include copyright and trademarks) in your Content or that you have obtained all necessary rights to your Content which are required to grant licenses of your Content to us and to other users. You agree to grant us a license under all your Content to perform any act not restricted by any intellectual property right (including copyright) in such Content, for any purpose reasonably related to the provision and operation of the Platform. Some, but not all, examples of such acts include: to reproduce, make available and communicate to the public, display, perform, distribute, translate, and create adaptations or derivative works of your Content, or use your Content for marketing purposes related to the Platform. The license you grant to us above is perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, assignable and transferable by us. This means that (a) the license will continue even after your agreement with us ends and you stop using the Platform, (b) we do not have to pay you for the license or any use of the Content, and (c) we may grant a sub-license of your Content to someone else or assign or transfer the license of your Content to someone else. This license will allow us, for example, to add stickers, text, and watermarks to your Content, to make your Content available to other users of the Platform, as well as to use your Content for marketing and other normal operations of the Platform. While we do not own your Content, you grant us the limited right to submit notifications of infringement (including of copyright or trademark) on your behalf to any third-party website or service that hosts or is otherwise dealing in infringing copies of your Content. Although we are under no obligation to do so, we may at any time submit or withdraw any such notification to any third-party website or service where we consider it appropriate to do so. However, we do not and are under no obligation to police infringements of your Content. You agree that if we request, you will provide us with all consents and other information necessary for us to submit notifications of infringement on your behalf. Aug 09 24 08:32 pm Link Hourglass98 wrote: I seriously doubt they would allow it .....
Aug 13 24 09:33 pm Link It's hard to say what they will and will not allow in the contract, without actually seeing the contract.
Even the best guess here, is still a guess. Until signed, contracts can change. What was true about a contract yesterday might not be true with the version put in front of you to sign. What was in the contract of Person A, might not be the same for Person B. If someone tells you, "It's just a standard contract; boilerplate stuff.", that's a sign that you should pay even closer attention. Aug 14 24 05:35 pm Link I never really set my clock to what was going on with Playboy, but are there still Playmates? Playboy has been in a downward spiral of significance for decades. Are you talking about centerfold.com? The digital edition? I'm always surprised to still hear anyone talking about Playboy or Penthouse. Aug 15 24 04:42 am Link I was surprised too because I thought they retired the "Playmate" title as well - apparently now it is a quarterly thing, according to the site - and I guess it goes along with their current model of Quarterly print issues.
So far as Relevancy - definitely not what it once was in the days or print, but a model might aspire to the title and whatever fame/notoriety/influencership that comes with it. I think "I am/was a Playboy Playmate" still has some cache. I know the ex-Playmates I've worked with have been excellent pros who brought their A game to each set. In any event, from the splash page on their site anyway - it appears they ARE looking for exclusive contracts for Playmates, still. It would be up to the model whether that "Exclusivity" is worth giving up any other work or just doing self promotion stuff via OnlyFans or Patreon or whatever. You'd DEFINITELY want to review that contract. https://lp.playboy.com/playmates-search Aug 16 24 06:41 pm Link I didn’t even know playboy was still around. I think you could park this in the “cross that bridge if I get to it” category. Aug 18 24 11:16 pm Link |
