Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 int he same Charter. The rest of Canadad doesn't have a right to privacy. This stems from the Napoleonic aspect of Quebec law. A case went to the Supereme 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 the person phitigrpahed 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 guidleines for press/media use of photographs where a person was identifiable, without their explicit permission. These are failry limited (i.e. - identifiable person struggling with their umbarela to illustrate a story on april showers isn't allowed - unless you ahve a release. Biker boss on trial leaving court is. Street photogrpahy isn't dead i nQuebec - 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