Forum: Photography


Subject: Man fined for taking photo of woman in public....

gradient opened this issue on Oct 05, 2008 · 29 posts


gradient posted Sat, 15 November 2008 at 2:19 PM

@Garlor;...You said;

**"In a public place  you are wide open to having your photo taken and used on the net  or published without your permission."

**That statement is simply NOT TRUE!

I urge you to specifically read the case law links contained within the following threads;

Canadian Law regarding photos of people;

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2689386

And the following French Law entitled   "Presumption of Innocence and Rights of Victims". 
This law prohibits the publication of any persons image without their consent.  Fines of up to 45,000 Euros may be levied.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2689396

Further, we had a discussion in this forum about this subject;

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2739499

Simply put...ANYONE taking and/or publishing ( that includes on the internet)  pictures of people without their permission may be asking for trouble.

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.