[Leica] Photojournalists and permission

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

With the caveat that the homeless have the same protections in regard to
their images that the rest of us have - they may not be used for
commercial purposes without their expressed permission. Further, anyone
using images of a homeless person on the street for editorial purposes
better be damn sure that they have all their facts straight. For
instance, if one used a shot of an identifiable homeless person - for
instance my ALDO guy - as an illustration for a story on the ultimate
horrors of alcoholism, and that homeless person was not an alcoholic and
was hooked up with an attorney, one would be insuring that the homeless
person was able to purchase his own home. ;-)


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Robert Meier
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:52 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Photojournalists and permission


> If we have that right (many lawyers would call it a moral right to our

> own
> image), then what gives us the authority to claim that homeless --
because 
> of their circumstance -- have given up all moral rights to the use of 
> their own image and privacy?  Because they are poor? Because they are 
> living on the street?


Precisely.   People on the public street may be photographed without
their 
permission.   That is basic.   It doesn't matter if they are homeless or
the 
Queen of England.   The public street is public. 


 
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