Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]French privacy laws are some of the strictest in the world, and it is illegal to publish a picture of anyone who is not a celebrity, regardless of whether the picture was taken in a public place and regardless of whether or not the use of the image is commercial. So technically, the pics I showed are illegal under French law (or rather, the fact that I put them on the web is illegal). Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jul 15, 2008, at 10:19 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Michiel, Steve, und Nathan, > > If those beautiful, innocent scenes are illegal, I wonder what my > shots > taken during the Algerian/ French/Police Riots in Paris would be? > > They show Paris police swinging batons and lead-weighted capes. > Victims > scalp, eyeballs hanging . Blood running down arms, through > cobblestones > and into sewer gratings. > > Several photo services refused to buy my pictures. They were B&W, > taken > with my Leica IIIf with 50mm Summicron on Tri-X > > I suggest that you should look up the Police Riots and the Algerian > Riots in > Wikipedia.(sp?) > > What makes your pictures illegal and mine unprintable? > > > Jerry Lehrer > La Jolla, California > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information