On Jan 18, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > The first amendment is a well good rule/law for me... I mean not me > personally, as I am not US citizen, but hmmm, well you surely understand what > I mean. > > So, effectively, sand the awkward language I was stating the right thing. > > It has to be determined (as in lawyer sense of the word) what is the purpose > of PPG. Because if it is to promote Pentax (which is pretty logical thing, > methinks) then indeed releases would be necessary as you stated, Paul. And if > my understanding is correct, PPG is an American enterprise, thereby acting as > per American law. > > Boris The stated -- and published -- purpose of the gallery is to show the work of Pentax photographers. It's not really a forum for advertising and no products are promoted there. No releases are legally necessary. The NY Times is owned by the Times Corporation and the various services of that company are promoted within the paper. That doesn't mean that the images shown within require releases. They are provided solely for viewing pleasure and information -- just like those in the Pentax gallery. Paul
> > > On 1/18/2011 3:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> 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 [email protected] >>> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
