Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So its publishing the image which becomes the "crime" not taking the image in the first place? Is there any reference to the use of the image,ie for financial gain versus a competition etc Cheers Tim Atherton writes: > Darn, it took off before the spell checker finished!... > > briefly, the Quebec Charter has a right to privacy (it's note worded exactly > like that?) which is weighed against the right's of the press and the > freedom of expression found in the same Charter. The rest of Canada doesn't > have a right to privacy. This stems from the Napoleonic aspect of Quebec > law. > > A case went to the Supreme Court of Canada about generic type street photos > of a person illustrating a magazine story about life in a (somewhat run > down?) Montreal suburb. The Supreme Court found the person photographed did > have a right to privacy in a public place which overrode the other two > rights mentioned above in this case. The Supreme Court set out guidelines > for press/media use of photographs where a person was identifiable, without > their explicit permission. These are fairly limited (i.e. - identifiable > person struggling with their umbrella to illustrate a story on April showers > isn't allowed - unless you have a release. Biker boss on trial leaving court > is. Street photography isn't dead i Quebec - you can still take the pictures > without permission - publishing them in any form without permission is > difficult. I believe the same (possibly stricter) is true in France. Emanuel > probably knows all of this better than I do. > > I can dig out the case + info for anyone who is interested. > > tim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of frank >> theriault >> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:41 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Documentary Photography 2003 >> >> >> I don't know much about Quebec's Civil Law system (the rest of North >> America is based on the English Common Law system), but I know that France >> has some very restrictive laws about the taking and use of images without >> permission of the subjects. As Quebec's Civil Law is based on >> French Civil >> Law, your question makes a great deal of sense. >> >> -frank >> >> Vick Ko wrote: >> >> > Is this because it is Quebec? >> > >> > I've taken photos of my son at "Play and Swim" at the Y in Ottawa. >> > >> > I was using a Nikon RF with 50f1.1 (sorry, the Leica was at home). The >> > bokeh was stunning. >> > >> > regards, >> > Vick >> > >> > Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: >> > >> > > Emanuel lives in Montreal Quebec which has some unique laws regarding >> > > photography not found elsewhere in North America. >> > > >> > > I suspect the local Y is sensitive to this and thereby restrict or >> > > prohibit photography inside their premises. >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > >> > > Greg >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> "What a senseless waste of human life" >> -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html