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I think this is fair. Photography is art, musicians are public figures/fixtures. Dia lipa is a business that profits from her image. If someone takes a photo i

• rhn_mk1 5y ago
  > If someone takes a photo in a public space of that image, it’s the photographers property and not the business’s. I don't see how that follows.
  • dynamite-ready 5y ago
    OP here. Exactly the same thought. Feels like a legal fallacy. I'd also wonder if legal rights are subject to change, with an understanding of the context a photo was taken in, or the context it's used. Seems somewhat unfair to me.
• otterley 5y ago
  Dua Lipa being a public figure is irrelevant. If you take a photo of me - and I am definitely not a public figure - and I copy or distribute it without your permission, I would be committing a copyright violation.
  • rhn_mk1 5y ago
    That might be the law, but that's irrelevant. The parent asserted that it's fair, not that it's lawful. Check out the is-ought fallacy.
    • otterley 5y ago
      The law is relevant in any conversation about the law.
      • rhn_mk1 5y ago
        I tried to point out that the parent's statement regarded the fairness of the behaviour, not what the law says about it.