Yes. Cover artists (or the publisher) buys a subscription that covers the copyright fees. The site pays the photographer a royalty each time thier photo is used. The site will have the model releases on file that the photographer will provide. The man on my next book Lord Carabas came from Photostock and the boat behind him as well, then the cover artist used a program to blend the elements and put the text on. http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2053/lordcarabassmllrpn8.jpg

Twice the Cowboy was the same... although we just decided to use the cowboy and nothing else because he was soooooo nice.