On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > In the US you don't need permission for anything that takes place outside, > including filming bystanders.
Not exactly. If, for commercial purposes, an individual in public, one who is not a celebrity, public figure, or the subject at the center of a newsworthy event is the clear and unequivocal subject of a photograph, then a release or other form of approval may be required. This is why individuals depicted in photos that accompany newspaper or magazine stories are often identified by name. That procedure indicates that the person in the photo was spoken to, identified themselves, and was made aware of the fact that they were being photographed. If you are a news photographer and you are asked by someone in this position not to use their picture, you need to comply. Capturing an image of a person within a crowd is not the same as zeroing in on one person in particular. Often, the heads of people, even in crowds, will be purposefully obscured in news photos or in video footage, especially when it involves persons under the legal age of consent. > Modern searches use indexes to speed things up. 'Black or white' cuts the > search in half. 'Lives near Baltimore' narrows it more. etc. etc. Then > again, by the time any of that science fiction stuff is implemented, > searching algorithms and hardware will have gotten faster too. Agreed. But it still will not be "instant." Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
