Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/15/00 10:07:48 AM, chucko@siteconnect.com writes: >You're a kill-joy. "Rules" at a rock concert? Hey, I don't understand why musicians don't want photos taken but they don't. Apparently it is a copyright isssue or at least an attempt on their part to preserve the value of their image. Photographers, of all people, ought to be sensitive to the copyright concerns of others. A rock concert is a semi-public event so one could make the argument that anything that takes place in public is fair game. But to get into the show you have to buy a ticket which, as I understand it, is something of a license to attend or at least an agreement with certain stipulations. Usually one of the stipulations is no pictures. How would we, as photographers, like it if people so blatantly disregarded OUR contracts and copyright protection statements? Bottom line, though, is that I just generally have a problem with deceit. Bob (call me Killjoy) McEowen