On 22 Apr 2004 at 22:32, Cotty wrote: > On 22/4/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered: > > >Trying to use an image from that news coverage for commercial purposes, > >though (even something as straightforward as selling a single print to > >an individual) means you have to play by a different set of rules. > > Maybe. Maybe not. If there's any ambiguity, details can get lost in the > laundry, and often do. I take your point though.
There is a good article on how our photographic copyright here in Oz works below. In essence you can photograph any poor sod in a public place and publish the image by any means so long as the photo is not used to connect the subject directly to a commercial product/venture or in an editorial publication where portrays them in an inappropriate, deceptive of defamatory. Leaves plenty of latitude for the unscrupulous. http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/copyright/photo/info.html Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
