P. J. Alling wrote: > 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), when 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), when I 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. Which 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 the, "... passing beyond this point, indicates your assent to being > in the movie...", which is patently false... 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. > >
Obliquely related to this, and kinda OT, but exactly the sort of thing that gets my goat. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2008/09/_by_aimee_green_after.html I'm glad Mr Tabor stood his ground too. 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.
