[rollei_list] Re: People and Photo Permissions
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:50:20 -0500
I know Americans feel it is their right to sue for and about everything
and nothing, and this is frightening to photographers, especially those
not wealthy or engaged in the practice of law -- but there really are
specific laws detailing who/what you may photograph, and what you can and
cannot do with the pictures. I tried to synopsize them in STREET PHOTOG,
in a chapter titled: "Photography and the Law."
You CAN photograph w/o permission in many cases, so long as the venue is
"a public place," and your images are not held to be libelous/slanderous.
You CANNOT use any recognizable person's image for "commercial purpose"
without their permission/release. Commercial purpose is broadly
interpreted to mean "advertising."
So you may be OK.
PJ Nebergall
On Tue, 2 May 2006 05:59:38 -0700 (PDT) Jan Decher <jan.decher@xxxxxxx>
writes:
> Recent people picture postings on this list make me wonder how all of
> you all handle the issue of asking permission of your photographic
> subjects to post their images on the web. I know I would be in
> deep trouble if I posted pictures of my family and friends - esp.
> pregnant or in swimming pools - on the web without their explicit
> permission.
> Since I doubt I could convincingly explain "why in the world one
> would do that" (just try explain to someone to your non-photographic
> family the "photo hobby - people images as art" connection), I stick
> to landscapes and macros and the occasional anomymous strangers that
> "walk through" my pictures. Perhaps it takes a certain
> self-confidence to post other images. What do you all think?
> Jan
>
> ......
> Listers,
> I've posted 2 recent Rollei shots for your review and comment:
> http://tinyurl.com/bjvfn
> #1. Street scene. The woman walked into my field of view as I was
>
> composing for another shot.
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