thanks for the information. thats the reason that the plasma team should find the winner and not the community via rating.
cheers Andreas Am 12.03.2015 13:46 schrieb "Martin Klapetek" <martin.klape...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 01:20:35PM +0100, Martin Klapetek wrote: >> > However do you know how it is with property licenses when used as >> > backgrounds? >> >> It varies by country, sensible countries make sure that photos of >> public buildings are not restricted by copyright. Both the UK and the >> US are sensible countries in this regard. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama > > > That is not true, for example Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square > in London that are not private tourist photos _must_ have a property > release before using it commercially. And there are many such buildings > or landmarks in US and everywhere else too. > > >> > Same goes with children or any person on photos, >> > there you need "model release" (ie. the person's signature that >> his/her >> > photo >> > can be used for various purposes). >> >> Personality rights for people modelling is only a US concept, sensible >> countries have no such restrictions. >> > > That is also not true and it's more complicated. Basically, taking a > picture > on the public space/street should be safe, but as soon as the person > (and especially children) are the main object of the photos, you do need > to have a license to use those in a non-private way. > > All I'm saying is, better stay safe (licensing Golden Gate Bridge for > non-private use is 2000$, getting sued could be very very very > expensive). > > Cheers > -- > Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer >
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