On Nov 2, 2006, at 20:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (helen in Vancouver, BC) wrote:
You take a photo of:
1) a building from a public viewpoint (such as the road outside)
2) a building from within its grounds
3) an object within the grounds of a property (such as a statue,
fountain, garden ornament, whatever)
4) something within a building (lace, architecture, painting,
furniture, whatever)
In each scenario (if the answer is different) what can you legally do
with that photo?
A building -- outside and in -- is owned by someone. So, you ask the
owners' permission to do whatever it is you want to do with the photo
and they either grant it or not.
At least, that's my -- non-lawyerly -- gut reaction. And yes, I'm aware
that newspapers do not operate that way; they shoot and publish first
and hassle in courts later.
Of course, if you're hell-bent on doing whatever it is you want to do
with the pic and are worried that a) you wouldn't get a permission, or
b) that you'd have to pay through the nose for one... You go head and
hope they'll never catch you :)
Oh, and let's assume that you were legally in the place where you took
the picture and that photography was allowed!
Some museums here (US) will allow you to take photos of parts of their
collections. But those photos are for private/personal use only (unless
you've negotiated otherwise) -- no publishing *in any form*. Not on a
website. Not in a magazine (even a non-profit one, like the IOLI
Bulletin) or a book. Not as a postcard. No and no and no :)
I don't know what happens if you shoot a "street scene" and your
building happens to be a part of it; I suspect it would be difficult
for them to be proprietary about it. I also suspect that, the
better-known the building, the more likely they owners are to object to
your making free with images of it. They'll want to sell you their own
photos of the same building, if it's to be more than a family snapshot.
I would really appreciate knowing what people think is the answer(s)
...
As long as all you're asking for is *thinking*, not *knowing*, my
answer is as good as anyone else's... :)
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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