Peter wrote:
<< > The book quotes a New York law, saying that you may not use "for purposes
> of trade, the name, portrait, or picture of any living person, without
> first having obtained the written consent of such person..." There's also
> discussion of how you may photograph a person in the context of a crowd or
> general ambience of a public place. But if you single the person out, and
> that person is not a celebrity, and you publish the picture, you have
> invaded that person's privacy and they can sue you. >>
Does that mean a wedding photographer who takes a photograph singling out a
wedding guest has to get permission to produce a wedding album for the
couple?
>>Tim Hughes<<
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