Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Nathan for making clear the point on EU legislative procedure. Since this is one of the subjects I lecture on I tend to forget not everyone knows about it, at all. OTT: The map in the article is what I referred to when I wrote "precious info on what you can/can't shoot and use on the streets of Europe" This I think is still a valid point even though you add commercially. Thanks again Amities Philippe Le 9 juil. 2015 ? 09:00, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> a ?crit : > Sorry, but this debate is tinged by alarmist BS (the worst was the > change.org petition that arrived in my inbox yesterday). I see that even > Le Monde uncritically reproduces materials from press releases without > checking things for themeselves. > > The facts are: > > - this whole debate concerns only COMMERCIAL use. Posting a picture on > Facebook or your website is not commercial use unless someone pays you for > it. > > - the ?freedom of panorama? where even commercial use is unrestricted > exists is some European countries (e.g. UK or Sweden) but not in others > (e.g. France or Belgium). The proposal from MEP Cavada is indeed to > harmonise this across the EU, and since he is French it is not surprising > that he wants to harmonise around the French approach. > > Most importantly: regardless of what the EU Parliament votes today, there > will be NO change in the law as a consequence. For that reason, the > alarmist language in various petitions (I have seen statements like ?in a > few days, it could be illegal for you to photograph in public?) is pure > BS. Why? Because the vote of the EU Parliament means nothing. It is just a > non-binding opinion. The parliament cannot initiate a law; the right to > propose laws is exclusively with the Commission. Once the Commission has > made a proposal, then the Parliament and Council decide on it. But not > before. The Commission is indeed working on a reform of copyright in the > EU and will probably come out with a proposal in the autumn. Then, and > only then, will the discussion of this issue or any other > copyright-related issue become meaningful. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 09 Jul 2015, at 08:04, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: >> >> I hope this amendment will fail later today. >> Nevertheless, the article (in French) contains some precious info on what >> you can/can't shoot and use on the streets of Europe >> >> http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/visuel/2015/07/08/la-photo-de-rue-en-peril_4674294_3246.html >> >> Amities >> Philippe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information