I need to know what specific entertainment contract to use

Based on your question, it sounds like this situation calls for a co-production agreement. Some of the issues that you have to address are...

Am I infringing on someone by using a picture of them in a group and writing of there history ?

Generally speaking, people have a so called "right of publicity" which enables them to control the use of their image, usually in commercial...

I am creating t shirt designs. Often I find pictures on the internet that I want to manipulate and use in my designs.

To add to the other posts, which offer good advice, I will suggest something else on a different tack. The problem that you will face based on the...

Is there anything I can do?

Without more information, my suggestions may not be as effective. However, at the very least you should contact the sites hosting the images and...

Internet and competing business

First you should assess whether your photos have been registered for copyright. Second, even if they have not been, you may want to send the...

Speaking to the second part of your question: whether or not you need to trademark and/or copyright every design you make, the answer is a...

First and foremost some of your questions can and should be answered by whatever partnership agreement you currently have. Secondly, many of the...

Is it illegal to post nude pictures that you took. and they didn't give consent to upload now?

While you as the author of the photo may own the copyright, there is another right that you may not own. That right is the right of publicity,...

If someone uploads illegal content to my website and I don't take it down quickly enough, can I get in trouble?

Unfortunately, there is not a simple answer to your question. There are various safe harbors and take down procedures that websites can avail...

Is it legal to use a photo from another site and upload it to yours as long as you don't change it in anyway.

What you are describing may amount to infringing the copyright of the original photo. The absence of a watermark or copyright notice is not likely...