Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Did he sue, and win at trial, or was the case settled? Can you imagine a jury in NY being sympathetic to an upper-class person (of any color) whining that he was mistaken for being middle-class? Bob .......... The public place rule is no longer true. A photograph of a Black man walking across a public street carrying a briefcase was used to illustrate an article in the Sunday NY Times on the rising Black middle-class. He objected to the implication that he was middle-class, sued and won. Even with editorial use, if the photograph implies something, you will need a release. Previously this applied to categories like drug addict, homeless, criminal, etc., but in these litigious times you can't be too careful! Leically, Tina