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Sucks, but this is pretty standard for any such event. For example you can't legally sell photos you take at a concert or sporting event or inside a company's o
by paxys 2y ago
Sucks, but this is pretty standard for any such event. For example you can't legally sell photos you take at a concert or sporting event or inside a company's offices. They might let you take photos for personal use and to share with friends, but that's about it.
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- kragen 2y agothis may be true in cuba or something but it is not generally true in places like the usa, canada, or the eu, where you can generally do anything you like as long as there isn't a law against it
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoYeah. About that... Is there a law against taking photos at a concert or sports event and selling them? I don't know either way. I'd normally be with kragen on this, but... I have become cynical enough that I wouldn't be surprised if the sports leagues had gotten laws passed about it. Does anyone know?
- madaxe_again 2y agoNo, no specific law, but in a private space they can set whatever conditions of entry they like, such as “no photos”. There are laws around photography in public spaces, usually around being a pain in the ass and harassment or malice, but in a private space it’s up to the entity controlling the space.
- kragen 2y agoharassment laws also apply in private spaces probably if you violate those conditions of entry, what you're facing is a suit for damages for breach of contract. if you uploaded your photos to wikipedia that doesn't make the wikimedia foundation liable the way they would be if there was a copyright being violated or an invasion of privacy, so the breach of contract suit may not be very useful to the plaintiff
- kragen 2y agosurely there is in places like north korea, but specifically in usa, canada, and the eu, there is not yet such a law: https://old.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/b7h22d/legality_and_best_method_of_selling_sports_photos/ https://old.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/b7h22d/legalit... they're working on it: https://www.wipo.int/podcasts/en/ip-matters/transcripts/ip-matters-08.html https://www.wipo.int/podcasts/en/ip-matters/transcripts/ip-m...
- runlevel1 2y agoWe're talking civil liability, not criminal. They can make your access contingent on agreeing to their terms. Even if the venue is publicly owned. So buying a ticket to a concert at, say, Red Rocks, which is owned by the city of Denver, doesn't automatically entitle you to be able to record the performance. So, what if you don't buy a ticket and, instead, setup a camera with a parabolic mic and telephoto lens from public space outside the venue? You still don't have the copyright for the music or this performance of it. So you can't go selling videos of concert. Now, I suppose it could become criminal in some cases. For instance, if you're trespassing somewhere you don't have a right to be, or if it rises to the level of criminal copyright infringement. Don't get me wrong, I think what ULA is doing here is dumb. But I think it's legal. (IANAL)
- kragen 2y agosee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41122790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41122790 yes, i'm pretty sure what ula is doing is legal
- poikroequ 2y agoIt's not that simple. For concerts and sporting events, you likely agreed to certain terms and conditions when buying the ticket that prevent you from selling those photos. I don't know about inside a company's offices. Another issue is capturing copyright or trademarked material. If you take a photograph of a Mickey Mouse statue, you may not have the legal right to sell that photograph.