As far as I know we don't have a rule or law -- other than the first amendment to the Constitution. -- that says you can take pictures of people in public. But we have court precedents. You don't need model releases for pictures or people taken in public unless they're used for profit in a promotion of some sort. The people who manage the Pentax Gallery seem to have a rather limited understanding of both legal requirements and the methodology of digital photography. In determining whether a pic is appropriate for submission, I think it's best to let common sense prevail. Paul On Jan 18, 2011, at 4:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> On 1/18/2011 2:12 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> "It is the sole responsibility of the submitting photographer to obtain >> a written release >> from any _recognizable_ [emphasis mine] person in a submitted photo." > > Don't you have a rule/law in your country whereas if you take a picture of a > person in public and don't use it for profit/publicity/etc then you /don't > need/ to have a written release therefrom? > > I've a pic in there that shows faces... No problems this far. > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
