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Originally Posted by JCat
EDIT: I just read a brief article about this. I'm amused by the claim they make:
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The photos were reportedly taken by Watson’s stylist, who then gave all the rights to Watson.
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As if this immediately happened.  I'm sure the stylist wasn't thinking of that at the time. The lawyers had to create a story to explain ownership. |
Almost any time Emma's made a public appearance in the past couple of years, before the event she's posted pictures to social media of the outfit she's going to wear for it. These pictures are generally taken by her stylist, Sarah Slutsky (c'mon, let's be grown-ups here, okay?,) and no doubt she also takes pictures of outfits that are rejected. Given the date these were taken in 2014, I believe this was a wardrobe test for a royal charity event of some sort held at Windsor castle a day or two thereafter. Pretty clearly, this outfit was rejected for obvious reasons.
As the photographer who took the picture, Ms. Slutsky owned all rights to it. Getting those rights reassigned to Emma was no doubt as simple as a phone call and emailing a PDF form for her to "e-sign" and return. She didn't have to do it in 2014, when the pictures were taken, she could give away those rights at any time. (I believe to sell the rights for publication, she'd have to also have a signed model release from Emma.)
{It's also quite possible that Ms. Slutsky's contract with Emma as her stylist includes a blanket re-assignment of rights to any picture she takes of Emma pursuant to her work to Emma.}
So, in any case, yes, you can be sure that some version of Ms. Slutsky re-assigning the rights to Emma did happen.