P. J. Alling wrote: > I should really read these things before I hit send. Corrections in text. > > Part of todays adventure. > > A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half > of main street. > > I was walking along minding my own business, (but actually armed with > my trust *ist-Ds and a collection of appropriate lenses). I decided > I'd take a couple of pictures to commemorate the event, (and maybe make > a couple of bucks selling the images to one of the local fish wraps). > > Suddenly this scruffy individual rushes at me from the "company" and > confronts me to tell me that I can't take any photos for, and I quote > "legal reasons". When I asked him what I was doing wrong, he was a a > loss except to explain, except to repeat his original statement. When > I pointed out that the "set" was on a public road and within full view > of the public, with no expectation of privacy, and that I was allowed > to take photographs of anything I wished under those circumstances, his > new tack was to claim that I couldn't use them for anything. > > I then pointed out that under fair use I could use them for > non-commercial purposes which included selling them, and my story to a > newspaper, or printing them large and selling them as art. He was left > him gasping for breath, (sort of like a large trout), at which point he > went back to his original argument. > > I also found it interesting that they had posted a sign that stated in > part that, "... passing beyond this point, indicates your assent to > being in the movie...", which is patently false, to avoid legal > problems they still need signed releases from anyone who shows up on > camera. > > Where do they find these people, and what idiot is giving them legal > advice? He managed to make me furious as well. I'm thinking of going > back tomorrow just to piss them off. > > Lousy photographs to follow. > >
We have all been there, Brother Peter. Heartening to see you stood your ground. Here in Sydney, while they pay to shoot in the city, there are plenty of tax breaks for them to make it worthwhile. All complaints...speak to the hand. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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.
