True enough, though theoretically public means owned by the public,
places actually owned by the government are different. A small but
important distinction.
On 11/29/2011 7:08 PM, Mark C 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.
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 :)
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