For those who are interested, I have just finished and posted a new and updated version of my Legal Rights of Photographers. This is done from scratch, so all the legal jargon has been cleaned out. It’s easier to read, adds more information, and answers the most-frequent questions I get.
Legal Rights of Photographers, version 2.0 (500K PDF)
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Sime says:
Andrew – Thanks again!
http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38130
Sime
Joseph Williams says:
Very nicely done. You can tell you have deciated SEVERAL hours into this. Thanks for taking that time so we know the Dos & Do nots, it is greatly appreciated. After all Knowledge is Power! Thanks for the empowerment!
Joe
Steven Rumbalski says:
SEVERAL hours? For me that would have been at least 40 hours of work. Then again, I’m not all that efficient.
Leland says:
Hey Andrew,
Has anyone actually challenged the no shooting law around the New York bridges? If so how did they do?
Tom Richardson says:
Thank you for posting the article, it is very important to know your rights as a photographer. I would like to find out if it is legal to take a photo of a loaf of bread with my cell phone and post it to a website so others (my wife) may see the price and brand. Or scan a flyer and publish online. Please let me know if anyone has any ideas on this. Cheers, Tom
Mark says:
Great article, very useful.
I think on page 4 you use “can’t” instead of “can.”
“If it doesn’t matter who is in the shot – it’s generic cute kid or beach bums or mall shoppers, there’s a good chance you can’t use it for commercial gain without anyone’s permission. Put another way, if what’s important in the picture is in what he’s doing, not who it is, you’re probably in the clear.”
Sime says:
Hey Andrew, Good write up – thanks.
Sime