In the US, if you are in a place open to the general public, and no prior restrictions were put in place as a condition of your admission, you can generally make non-commercial use of your own images, videos, etc.
There are some restrictions (you aren't allowed to photograph the TSA screeners at the airport, for example), but that's the general rule. Mind you, you'll get a whole lot of grief if you try to take pictures in a public area showing small children at play. And some jurisdictions try to claim it's an offence to take pictures of the Police if they don't want you to. While as far as I know no such legislation has stood up to a legal challenge, you can end up with a whole lot of grief if you insist. More relevant to your case, perhaps, might be the example of seasonal displays at shopping malls (Santa's Grotto, the Easter Bunny, etc.). There will usually be explicit notices stating that using your own camera is prohibited. While I'm not sure that they could actually do anything to prevent you (other than ask you to leave), I'd generally recommend that one should comply with such requests. But in the absence of such a notice, there's not a lot they can do a posteori. > I am talking about USA, where all the action is happening described > in the previous message. > > Igor > > Tue May 3 16:19:51 EDT 2011 > John Francis wrote: > > > It depends on the legal system that has jurisdiction. > > > > Just look at the issues that Google is having with StreetView; > > there's no uniformity in what they are or are not allowed to > > do - it has to be separately adjudicated in each country. > > > -- > 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.
