To be clear, when I was talking about the "market" I was not referencing the SAG/AFTRA groups. I was talking about models, actors, photographers, print houses and labs.
It is their manner of participation in this field that has created this break from the rest of the photographic pack. If an image with a copyright on it goes to a lab, they should not print it unless there is written permission to do so from the maker. Most of the portrait labs operate this way. Commercial Labs do for product images, but when it looks like a headshot, many of them print without a second thought since that is the way it has been for many years.
The photographic community would have to completely ban together, if they want to change this, and then it would still take a while. Look at the push form the buyers for all-out rights purchases on images today. They are getting stronger as more and more bad businessmen photographers cave, in an effort to keep some money coming in. Our rights are being eroded as we speak.
By the way, my wife works for the studios and if you want to put a poster of theirs in the background of a TV show or movie, you have to pay fees to the studio, talent and others involved in the production of that poster. So even though it is a $5.00 poster, you may have to pay $2000-$10,000.00 to "show" it.
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