Re: photos

[blackbow@mindspring.com]

Poster: blackbow@mindspring.com

I suggest that the publishing of said pictures be permitted as long as said
publishing is not for profit.

J. Blackbow
leavin' fer Gulf Wars on the morrow (ask me and I'll tell you the bad pun
involved with that)

-----Original Message-----
From: Juliet Carnell <juliet.carnell@usa.net>
To: Atlantia <atlantia@atlantia.sca.org>
Date: Monday, March 08, 1999 2:54 PM
Subject: RE: photos


>
>Poster: "Juliet Carnell" <juliet.carnell@usa.net>
>
>It is legal to take anyone's picture (if not always ethical), but it is
>another thing entirely to publish or sell such a picture. The gray area
here
>is what constitutes publishing in today's web connected world? So far there
>have been no laws that define a web page as anything other than a published
>document, this makes a web page an open target for legal action. The courts
>have been split all over the place on this and it doesn't help that a web
>page can be viewed in any country on earth and may conceivably be called
>upon to conform to their laws. Until the governments of the world get
>together and decide, legally speaking, just what a web page is you take
your
>chances every time you post something. YMMV.
>
>Juliet, Mundane Webmaster for an international publisher
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Poster: krztina@mindspring.com
>
>I may be spouting off utter nonsense...however I don't think you need to
>have
>permission of the person you are photographing to publish...I know this may
>be
>an extreme example but the law allows one to film another person without
>another
>person's consent...this was in the news recently when people placed video
>cameras in bathrooms and such and video taped other ppl without their
>knowledge.
>According to the law it was allowed....you are NOT allowed to video tape
>people
>in the changing rooms. *shrug* go figure. I don't see why this can't apply
>to
>photographs as well. Photos are constantly being taken and published
without
>people's permission....I don't see how it can't be allowed on web pages.
>Anyway....just my two cents
>
>Sister Katherine
>
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