When it comes to this case I believe that the mother has no grounds to call a copyright issue with her daughter's picture to be used because she signed a release form for the photo. This release form was allowing the photo to be placed as a stock image online, which means it is free game to anyone on the internet. I can see how she would be upset that this specific company used it but once it was placed online she does not have much control over the photo's location. All she can do is ask the company to remover her daughters picture from it but that is it.
If this picture/ad was used in schools to help teach a part of black history month and what is causing the lower population numbers in certain areas then they would have access to do because it was just used for educational purposes and was not made into a big public announcement. The only way the mother would know about this then would be if it was shown in this student's class. The mother's only case would be if the photo had some sort of time limit on the copyright/release form she used (Hobbs, 67).
Good assessment!
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