Re: Legal issues with Photography of non-professional sports?

Pat <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mar 30, 3:37 pm, "UC" <uraniumcommit...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 30, 12:32 pm, "jeremy" <jer...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[..]
I agree with your assessment. Anyone can photograph anything in
public view, but the right to photograph does not confer the right to
sell or publish those photos if they contain the likenesses of
individuals.

This is false. That's what happens every day in the newspaper. It's
called freedom.

You are mixing apples and oranges. A news paper can take your picture and
use it for a news (editorial) purpose -- almost without limits if you are
in the public. But it can NOT use the exact same image taken under the
exact same circumstances for advertising purposes.

Let's say it is a wonderful spring day and the local muni golf course
opens. The newspaper goes out and takes a picture of someone walking off
the green carryine a golf club. It's a beautiful picture that accompanies
a story or caption about the lovely spring weather. Great. It could be
you or it could be Tiger Woods. It would all be legal, whether or not the
person is identified.

Now, let's say the golf course sees the picture, calls the paper, and they
develop an ad that uses the same image. Guess what, They can't. That's
a commerical purpose. [..]

That's not actually true. It isn't that they *can't* sell the image,
it's that they likely won't. The image contains a recognizable
individual, who has a stake in this. By selling the golfer's image, the
newspaper opens themselves to liability from the golfer, which they
won't do. If, however, the newspaper tracks down the individual and
negotiates a release, then the newspaper would be in the stock
photography business.

So basically, you're both kind of right and both kind of wrong. It's not
that it's illegal for the newspaper to sell the image, it's that they
don't need the headache, so it's likely their policy to not do such a
thing.

Besides, if you're the photojournalist who took the picture, you really
want your editor to say, "That golf club called, and wants to use your
picture, but we can't..." because that means you can go and pitch a
shoot for them.
.

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