On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe that the general rule in the USA is that you can take a photo in > any public place of anyone but you cannot use an image of someone > commercially without their consent. You *can* use the photo for > journalistic, editorial or artistic purposes. "Public" BTW mean owned by > the government - like a sidewalk, street, plaza or park. Privately owned > public places like shopping malls don't count - the owner can set any rules > they like.
What about walking about with a street map and camera in hand, and pretend your from out of town, on vacation. I bet that would work. Dave > > The stock agency that I used to send photos to wanted a model release for > any human and a property release for any domestic animal or privately owned > building or property. > > The editorial / artistic exception always struck me as a little inconsistent > - if I took a street shot of someone with an amazed expression on their > face, I could not use it to sell cola or some other product without their > release. But it could be sold as a print in a gallery. > > - Mark C. > > > On 11/29/2011 1:06 PM, Thibouille wrote: >> >> The teacher asked to do some work about a legal issue concerning legal >> rights of photographs use. >> As he showed us a couple short movies on the topic and because I >> believe that street shooting is indeed a fundamental of photography, >> I'd like to know: >> >> * the status of street shooting in your country, both on a legal and a >> practical point of view (I know that often things are permitted but >> some zealot thinks you shouldn't be allowed to no matter what the law >> is) ? >> * did the status of street shooting in your country change in recent >> years (I'd say recent being last 15 years till today) ? >> * would you say there's a tendency to restrict photographer's rights >> in your country and why/how ? >> >> >> This doesn't need to be huge answers, really. But if you have any >> legal reference in your mind, please do so :) >> >> I just can't check legal status in 30 different countries myself, but >> I'm very interested (and somewhat concerned) about this. >> >> Thank you for your cooperation :) >> > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
