If you were photographing from a public place, then Ralph's has no
right at all to impede you. If they want to prevent photography of
their proprietory assets they need to screen those assets from public
view, which would defeat their retailing goal of being highly visible.
They can't have their cake AND eat it.
That said, you can't use a photograph in a way that breaches
copyright. IOW a photo of design or art might breach copyright
because it reproduces that design or art in a similar form. Photos of
their building or even their merchandise don't breach copyright
because they merely produces images of those things, not reproductions
of their original forms.
regards, Anthony
"Of what use is lens and light
to those who lack in mind and sight"
(Anon)
2009/12/25 Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>:
> I was in San Diego today. As Lynn shopped in the Ralph's (Big
> Supermarket Chain), I went out to sit in the sunshine. As I grew
> tired of waiting, I thought to take some photos. Could I make one of
> those panning shots of the woman wrangling 6-8 carts back into the
> store. So I took one...
> Up comes a guy with a missing front tooth. If he didn't have the
> sportcoat with 'Security' on, I would have thought he was homeless.
> He explained that Ralph's considered everything on the property to be
> proprietary and didn't allow photos. I explained that I was just
> waiting for my wife to finish shopping and it ended there. 20 minutes
> later he passed by again and made a gesture showing he was still
> watching me.
> Well, I did have a big lens on the camera, but this is getting kind of
> silly folks.
> Regards, Bob S.
>
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