Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 17, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > 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 oh thank you Nathan...I missed it, so it's a legal question about the presentation of a subject with humiliation/degradation versus respect and tenderness... again thanks, Steve > > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information