thing to be careful of is that it is possible to trademark a building or
landmark. For instance, in Chicago all of Millennium Park is trademarked.
Therefore in order to professionally shoot there you need to pay a fee and
get a permit, as well. Casual photographers are exempted from this, but if
you show up with a tripod be prepared to grease a palm or hit the curb.
BoingBoing article: ( URL:
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/07/please_add_photos_of.html )
Many famous and not-so-famous buildings have done this. Particularly newer
structures -- even public art installations. I've heard that the Eiffel
Tower is wierdly not trademarked during the day, but is at night.
Here's a link to find out more about photog rights in the US and UK. I've
seen this guy mentioned in a couple places. I think he's an ACLU lawyer. (
URL: http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm )
Hmmm... the .pdf link doesn't seem to be working now. I'd suggest going back
later or doing a Google search.
-David
>From: Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: When the video camera makes the
>reputation...
>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:20:31 -0500
>
>Frank Carver wrote:
> > Thursday, August 11, 2005, 7:55:12 PM, Pete Prodoehl wrote:
> >
> >>Permit for what? Do you need a permit to shoot video on the subway or
> >>other locations? (I'm asking because I really don't know. Are the
> >>videographers rights the same as the well known photographers rights?)
> >
> >
> > What you need to remember is that traditionally TV and moviemaking has
> > meant big budgets. Many big cities in the USA (where lots of such things
> > are shot), long ago decided to cash in on these lucrative activities.
> >
> > In such places (which (AFAIK) include LA, NY, and Chicago, for example)
> > you need to pay up front for a permit to shoot, and will be nabbed if
> > spotted doing something that looks like pro filmmaking without a
> > permit.
> >
> > In these cases, looking like a dumb tourist is actually an advantage
> > :)
>
>Hmmm, "what I need to remember" sounds just all wrong... I was never
>involved in traditional tv or moviemaking, so I would have no idea I'd
>need a permit to walk around a major city with a video camera.
>
>See? It always comes back around to money. The cities wanted to make
>money off of big media, and we have to suffer because of it. Sigh...
>
>Pete
>
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>
>
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