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You don't really have any rights to your image taken in a public place. Gets a little dicey when your image is used in a way that could be viewed as you endors
by shawn-butler 14y ago
You don't really have any rights to your image taken in a public place.
Gets a little dicey when your image is used in a way that could be viewed as you endorsing something, like an ad or a service. For that I use a pretty blanket model release form, but it's a grey area. Unless you are rich and famous. They have their own set of rules.
- anonymouz 14y agoDepends on the jurisdiction I suppose. In Austria, and I believe also Germany and maybe Switzerland, I do have a "right to my own image". That means I'm allowed to control the publication and use of an image if me, with some exceptions (i.e., if I'm not the main motive of the image but just a member of a crowd).
- shawn-butler 14y agoGermany and Austria have some of the most strict privacy laws in the world so they are a good example of the extreme case. In Germany, you do not control the use of the image, only its publication. That is I can take your photo in public and hang it on my own wall. Publication of public figures is pretty much universally allowed. Use of your image taken in public for data purposes (not published) remains controversial. If I take your photograph and you cannot be identified in it, I can publish it without your permission, (say in a crowd or in front of a building as you note, etc)