| Author | Thread |
|
|
06/23/2003 12:53:10 AM · #1 |
Why have so many people's backs been photographed in the "At Work" challenge?
Bob
Message edited by author 2003-06-23 00:53:45.
|
|
|
|
06/23/2003 01:16:54 AM · #2 |
| I guess so they don't have to get model release's, you could really get in trouble to post a picture without them knowing about it, even on this site. |
|
|
|
06/23/2003 01:34:32 AM · #3 |
When someone posted a thread like this saying "Why so many stuffed animals" in the Where's Waldo challenge, my score dipped immediately.
Though I'm not affected by this fledgling thread: why not wait until it's over, eh?
Martin |
|
|
|
06/23/2003 02:02:30 AM · #4 |
| agree with malokata. and with draney. i didn't even submit to the challenge for that reason. i don't feel comfortable without model releases. You will notice that most of the shots I submit with people are always their backs. the other obvious answer is that they're working, not posing for pictures. |
|
|
|
06/23/2003 05:16:49 AM · #5 |
Oh, c'mon, people! If you take the picture in a public place and you don't use it for commercial gain or out of context, you don't need a model release. DPC is not commercial gain. Even selling the prints could be labeled "art" rather than commercial gain (although this would be moving a little into the shadowlands).
Only if you intend to use the images out of context (using a picture of a joiner in a commercial for hammers or stepladders or whatever) would you be likely to be in trouble.
There is still such a thing as the 1st amendment right (in the US) and the 10th article section a of the human rights convention (in most of europe).
Bloody hell, how difficult do you think they are trying to make it for us, poor artists?
Haje
Message edited by author 2003-06-23 05:17:29.
|
|
|
|
06/24/2003 07:45:46 AM · #6 |
I printed out this PDF and carry it in my camera bag. I figure it may come in handy someday if I have a run-in with a security guard or something like that.
Quoting from the single-page flyer:
"The general rule in the United States is that anyone may take photographs of whatever they want when they are in a public place or places where they have permission to take photographs. Absent a specific legal prohibition such as a statute or ordinance, you are legally entitled to take photographs. Examples of places that are traditionally considered public are streets, sidewalks, and public parks."
...
"Members of the public have a very limited scope of privacy rights when they are in public places. Basically, anyone can be photographed without their consent except when they have secluded themselves in places where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy such as dressing rooms, restrooms, medical facilities, and inside their homes."
//www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf
It is worth reading the whole thing IMHO.
Although it says "this is not legal advice" at the end, it is written by an attorney that wrote the book Legal Handbook for Photographers, so presumably the guy knows what he is talking about. :-) |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Prints! -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/25/2024 04:21:34 PM EDT.
