Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk

2012-02-18 Thread Asaf Bartov
Is this 2600 fee something official? Will you be getting a receipt? If so, it's fine to pay it. If it really is a bribe, we cannot cooperate with it; supporting corruption is not a legitimate use of our donor funds. A. On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:52 PM, stephen wanjau

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk

2012-02-18 Thread stephen wanjau
Asaf, this fee is a legal fee. In fact other photo journalists pay for this and an official receipt from the City Council of Nairobi is issued. The KES 2600 caters for a permit to take photos within the council's municipality for a day. When we went there (with Oscar) we were told to pay the

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk

2012-02-18 Thread Asaf Bartov
Excellent, thanks! A. On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 1:50 AM, stephen wanjau wanjaus...@gmail.comwrote: Asaf, this fee is a legal fee. In fact other photo journalists pay for this and an official receipt from the City Council of Nairobi is issued. The KES 2600 caters for a permit to take photos

Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Photo Walk

2012-02-13 Thread Asaf Bartov
What exactly did this photographer say you need a press card for? I.e. what are you not allowed to photograph without a press card? (In general, my experience shows that most people, including government officials and professional photographers, have a fairly hazy knowledge of copyright law, and