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Re: [OM] copyright issues

Subject: Re: [OM] copyright issues
From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 11:22:56 EDT
>On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:35:52 EDT, Dirk Wright wrote:
>
>> If 
>>there was a famous relative at the wedding, and you took a picture of 
>>him drunk and dancing with a 15 year year old, then sold the photo to 
>>the Enquirer with a racy caption, then I think you'd be in deep 
doodoo. 
>
>My understanding (from working as a reporter, writer, and freelance
>photographer) is that journalists can shoot anyone anytime. On the
>other hand, sell that same picture on your website or in a gallery,
>and at the very least, you owe the famous relative a percentage. 
>

I think the original question boils down to whether photographs from a 
wedding are considered "editorial" or "commerical."

Be seeing you.


Dirk Wright

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