Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > It is a grey area, Gene. French privacy laws are very strict. > Basically, even for non-commercial use and even when the person > photographed is in a public place, you are not allowed to publish > their images (without their consent) if they depict the persons in a > delicate situation of some sort (I think the language in the law is > more like humiliating). So pictures of people smooching probably fall > into a grey area. The law is essentially the same here in Quebec (but not in the rest of Canada). If the subject of a publicly exhibited photo (can be "artistic") claims the image caused him/her to be exposed to ridicule (like being razzed by school mates, etc.), the photographer is liable. It's a privacy thing. "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away." - Tom Waits Emanuel