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Old 12-08-2010, 12:40 PM
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Default Rights issue for selling photo postcards of a popular tourist destination?

There is great demand in my town for postcards of a local shop that is featured in a national TV show. Do I have a rights issue if I sell photo postcards that I make myself using images I shoot of that local shop? I would be trading on their name, essentially.
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Old 12-08-2010, 12:59 PM
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why not contact them and ask? Maybe partner with them.
I don't know all the particulars of the law, but it isn't a public building, it's readily identifiable, and it's not incidental to the image (it is the image) and you're using it for profit. seems to me there would be an issue.
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Old 12-08-2010, 01:21 PM
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It would depend on where you live (country-wise) but also I would imagine that if the shop is a set, then there might be copyright issues with the set designers to watch out for
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Old 12-09-2010, 11:58 AM
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Thanks for writing back. I am in the US-for anyone who is familiar with the laws here. It's not a set, though. Just a store front on the town's main street. THanks!
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Try this :Photography, the Law and Photographers Rights - Bob Atkins Photography
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