the photog owns all rights to any picture taken, you sign a release form for nothing more than to ensure if you attempt to sue you are out of luck and cannot attempt to gain part of royalties. These forms are usually tween photogs and models or paying customers as the law does give some rights to the use of model pics, ALL public pics are solely the property of the photographer no matter the subject unless the subject is a copy righted object and that begins to enter another area of the lawsjohncanfield wrote:I'm not sure about that - why do photographers ask people to sign release forms? I realize the clown in Trafalgar Square didn't need my permission to take my picture - he was obnoxiously preying off tourists and trying to intimidate into buying his product.JP171 wrote:.. the photog can use the picture as he sees fit and even make money off of it
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- Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:50 am
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Re: Killed over taking a picture or an "inteview" excuse?
- Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:47 am
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Re: Killed over taking a picture or an "inteview" excuse?
johncanfield wrote:We were doing the tourist thing in London back in the 80s (ah, we were so young..) and were in Trafalgar Square. This guy holding a sheaf of papers in one hand and a camera in another took a picture of the wife and I without our request or permission. He then demanded we purchase a picture and I said no. He continued to aggressively hound us for three or four minutes until we walked away ignoring him. Had another run-in with a shuttle bus driver in NYC at the JFK airport years ago - he demanded a tip and I ignored him, he became quite rude and aggressive as well.
I would not give a nickle to a professional panhandler, but we have bought food for some who we deem are really down on their luck. They can get food from us but never cash.
He really didn't need your request or permission, yes the hounding was over the top but in public permission isn't needed at all not for any reason, the photog can use the picture as he sees fit and even make money off of it