Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] Lecia Street Photography
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu Jul 17 14:06:37 2008
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Steve, the other day Greg Lorenzo posted a link to an article in Le  
Figaro about recent cases:

http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/20070827.FIG000000299_le_sacro_saint_droit_a_l_image_battu_en_breche.html

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Jul 17, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:

>
> On Jul 16, 2008, at 11:35 PM, 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. Recent French case law, as referenced here  
>> on the list yesterday, does seem to shift the balance somewhat  
>> towards the photographers.
>
>
>
> thanks Nathan... do you have access to the French law, in French?
>
>
> Steve
>


Replies: Reply from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Lecia Street Photography)
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