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...If you're selling a book, with photos of people in it, at some point you're going to run into trouble... but, hey... go right ahead!  |
I don't understand your logic. The Arts Law Council spe******es in Art and the Law, they say I can take photos of people in public places, they say I can sell those photos. Now I believe whether they are single individually framed or all bound in a book is irrelevant.
You say nay, I will get into trouble... why? You have me baffled as to what you think I am running foul of. Read the entire brouchure again and explain what restriction you think I am breaking.
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..well done?
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I put that there because I thought the same thing as you did.
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...oh, I should google it, maybe?.. no need to be sarcastic mate - we're here to help each other, I was merely letting you know what an australian lawyer told me... hell, why should I listen to her?!.. [She's only an IP spe******t..pffft]
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Sorry about the sarcasm, I just don't like being told I can't do something when I have it from multiple reliable reputable sources that say I can. Get her to look up and quote specific laws or cases that say otherwise and I will change my mind.
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No hard feelings mate, this is a forum, people are here to learn and offer suggestions.
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I respect that you are urging caution and that people should cover their arse 'just in case'. No hard feelings at all, it's dicussions like this that either help me clarify my postion or make me change my mind.
In my case the suggestion to get model releases from the subjects of my photography restricts my creativity and expression. To even try would be a nightmare. I can take up to 50-100 photos in an hour, imagine having to stop each and everyone of them, explain what it's all about and get them to sign? Sometimes there is not only the main subject in the photo but dozens of other people in the background as well!!!!
I would need an assistant just to carry all the paper required and another to keep track of it all.
While I was getting a single model release 20-50 other potential subjects would have have walked past.... pfft I don't need the model release and trying to get one unreasonably limits what I do.
My suggestion is know your rights and don't let people restrict your creativity and expression when you know dam well they have no right to.
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I apologise if you are a lawyer and spe******e in Australian intellectual property... my bad, but otherwise - it's all good eh.
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i am not a lwayer and I don't need to be a lawyer to know what I can and can't do with my photography or my driving, not being a lawyer does not automaticlly make me ignorant of the law.