Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will be in Paris Monday... and for 3 weeks... will be careful, but I have never, ever had any trouble there... I will enquire re current laws and understandings... the vision comes to mind of BD taking a self portrait on the Metro, and signing a permit first.. :-) Steve On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:19 AM, Arche, Harvey wrote: > This is really interesting. Just what is the situation in the various > countries? > > Nathan wrote: > It is true in most but not all countries. Specifically, I am pretty > sure > > that in France you have a presumption of privacy even in a public > place. > > I therefore believe that I have several illegal images on my site, see > e.g. http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_10alt8.jpg, but so far I > have not received any summons from French lawyers, and if I ever do, > then I have a French lawyer in my own family there ;-) > > Nathan > > > Arche, Harvey wrote: >> I'm very relieved to learn about the photographer's status, shooting > in >> public places. Now I know all I need is chutzpah, and not a lawyer on >> retainer. I had gotten the impression that lawsuits in the 90's had >> altered the legal landscape (not in the 'patriots don't take >> pictures' > >> sense) and that individuals had developed privacy priviledges on >> their > >> likenesses as private persons, regardless of being in public places. > In >> this I'm glad (sort of) to be mistaken. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information