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Consent, care & safeguarding · Working

Participant release

Also called: contributor release, appearance release

ELI5

A document granting particular permissions concerning a person's recorded contribution and its use.

Used in conversation

“Please include the participant release in the next pitch package.”

Definition

A document granting specified permissions concerning a person's recorded contribution and its use.

Here “Participant release” means: A document granting specified permissions concerning a person's recorded contribution and its use.

Pitch context

Use this in nonfiction pitches to separate what is known, accessible, ethical and structurally repeatable.

Why it matters: Distinguishes story, access, evidence, format mechanics and participant-care responsibilities.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Informed consentConsent is an ethical, informed and potentially ongoing process; a release is a legal permission document. One does not automatically guarantee the other.
  • Location releaseComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
  • Material releaseComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
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