[Leica] Photojournalists and permission

[robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)]

BD,

Yes, exactly.   I was talking about the TAKING of the picture, not its use. 
That is, as you correctly point out, an entirely different matter.

Bob



> With the caveat that the homeless have the same protections in regard to
> their images that the rest of us have - they may not be used for
> commercial purposes without their expressed permission. Further, anyone
> using images of a homeless person on the street for editorial purposes
> better be damn sure that they have all their facts straight. For
> instance, if one used a shot of an identifiable homeless person - for
> instance my ALDO guy - as an illustration for a story on the ultimate
> horrors of alcoholism, and that homeless person was not an alcoholic and
> was hooked up with an attorney, one would be insuring that the homeless
> person was able to purchase his own home. ;-)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Meier
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:52 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Photojournalists and permission
>
>
>> If we have that right (many lawyers would call it a moral right to our
>
>> own
>> image), then what gives us the authority to claim that homeless --
> because
>> of their circumstance -- have given up all moral rights to the use of
>> their own image and privacy?  Because they are poor? Because they are
>> living on the street?
>
>
> Precisely.   People on the public street may be photographed without
> their
> permission.   That is basic.   It doesn't matter if they are homeless or
> the
> Queen of England.   The public street is public.
>
>
>
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