[SML] photo rights

[Richard Niederberg]

Dear Brian,
To quote Nancy Reagan, "Just Say NO". If a site wants your secret photo of
next year's car enough, they'll agree to your terms. Otherwise, another
site will. Magazines love to scoop each other. Rules? In a knife fight? NO
RULES!
/s/ Richard
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM, B. H. Ackler via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> You might retain the copyright, but many hosts/websites include in there
> "fine print" their claim that by posting the photo or any photos linked to
> that photo that they have unrestricted right of usage, including the right
> to sell usage of that copy.
>
> That is why so many professional photographers have closed down their web
> pages or the page only includes one or two photos and detailed contact
> information.
>
> Bryan H. Ackler
> Portland, Oregon
>
> On 4/21/2015 12:00 PM, stagecraft-request at theatrical.net wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:28:29 -0700
>> From: Richard Niederberg<ladesigners at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [SML] photo rights
>>
>> As some one who has spent years on the bench of the LA Superior Court, and
>> seen a lot of Celebrity v. Paparazzi cases trot by, I can say the the
>> Paparazzi almost always win when a celebrity tries to get a stay-away
>> order. Essentially, if you are 'Lawfully at the looking place' (legal
>> jargon), you can shoot whatever you want. People, NOT cars, possess  a
>> right to publicity. Someone must prove financial loss to get a judgement
>> against you. Selling a copy of your picture could be troublesome, but you
>> could still copyright it - "Anybody can copy an original; nobody can copy
>> the copy". In other words, you could take the picture, but perhaps not
>> sell
>> it or post it on the Internet. Taking a picture out the window of your car
>> on a public street is usually OK, unless the Secret Service or other
>> Agency
>> thinks that you are violating National Security. People get 'roughed up'
>> for doing that and can be held pending their figuring out what you were up
>> to.
>> /s/  Richard
>>
>
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/s/ Richard
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