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Old October 7th 03, 10:23 PM
Lewis Lang
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Default gatherings of people - does a photographer need people permission for commercial purposes

Subject: gatherings of people - does a photographer need people permission
for commercial purposes
From: " EnterYour Full Name "
Date: Mon, Oct 6, 2003 11:07 AM
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What are commercial purposes though?


When something (in this case, a photograph) is used to sell or promote a
product or a service.

Surely anything that appears in magazine/newspaper/website/television is
a
commercial use.


Surely not...

It may be on the News, but the TV station doesn't make a
news program for fun - it makes it for a profit. It's exactly the same with
newspapers and magazines.


If it appears in the news program to illustrate a story/for
informational/educational purposes then it is non-commercial - if it appears in
a commercial during that news broadcast's commercial break in order to sell a
product or a service it is being commercially used. Therein lies the
difference. Same thing goes for a photo that is used to illustrate the subject
of an article (editorial usage) while the same photo used in the same magazine
as an ad to seel toothpaste or life insurance (or whatever) would be a
commercial usage. Its a very simple concept.

The only non-commercial use therefore, is if you publish in a free to view
medium with no advertisements.


Not so, see above.

This just isn't going to happen, unless you
print a photo just for yourself to hang on your own wall.


See above.

Lewis

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