Law & order

[KmH]

FWIW - Investigate what your country considers "publication".

For those in the USA:

Are Photographs Posted On the Internet Published? | Photo Attorney

The Rogers court summarized the issue by finding that whether the work was published depended on the facts, noting Thomas F. Cotter’s comment in his article, “Toward a Functional Definition of Publication in Copyright Law,” 92 Minn. L. Rev. 1724, 1768-70 (2008)(where he opined that whether an internet transmission is a publication depends on whether the facts indicate that the website users were authorized to make copies, i.e., whether a distribution occurred). With that definition, photographers likely can consider their images published on a website when they allow their photos to be downloaded/copied. So if your photos are on your webpage for display only, then they probably are not published.

 

[4073706]

The law in the Middle East is easy.

You are not allowed to photograph anything or anyone at any time anywhere.

Thats why I stick to deserts.

 

[gsgary]

One woman asked me, "Don't take picture of my car." So I didn't take picture of her car.

Wimp, nobody tells me what I can an can't shoot, I had a policeman tell me I couldn't shoot when I was in town, I told he to get on his radio and check, I just carried on shooting and he disappeared

I was shooting at the library about an hour. There was a woman parked her car. Is it okay to keep shooting her car?

Yes if your on public ground

 

[mmaria]

The law in my country is easy. You can do whatever you want with your photography... Shoot who ever you want and do with your pictures what ever you want.

Maybe a bit off topic but here's one example of our useless law: another city used my photo for their flyers and promotion (I heard that yesterday). They just download it from a website I manage. What can I do about it? Nothing...

The thing is, they could ask and I would allow them... but why bother when you can go in a simpler way?

 

[Nounboy]

Just do what I do - avoid people like the plague. I shoot Nature.
As Sartre once said: "Hell is other people".

 

[IzzieK]

Just do what I do - avoid people like the plague. I shoot Nature.
As Sartre once said: "Hell is other people".

Unfortunately, you cannot avoid people all your life...you are not an island.