The Digital Photography Show #41: Your Legal Rights as a Photographer!
The Digital Photography Show #41: Your Legal Rights as a Photographer! (22MB, 61mins)
March 2, 2007: Welcome to the Fun-Filled Forty-First episode of The Digital Photography Show!
Today we have an interview with Bert Krages. As his website puts it, “Bert is an attorney who concentrates on intellectual property and environmental law. He is recognized nationally as an advocate of the right to take photographs in public places, having appeared in media such as National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, Popular Photography, Shutterbug, and Wired.”
We agree! Bert teaches us a lot about our rights and responsibilities as photographers. If you take pictures in public places, or post pictures to the web, you need to listen to this show. Seriously, you really do. If you don’t, we’re coming to take your camera away!
Bert is the author of the definitive book on this matter, The Legal Handbook for Photographers: The Rights and Liabilities of Making Images. He also makes available a free PDF on the subject here.
Before Bert comes on, Michael and I talk about the (second) death of his beloved Nikon D70. Always sad when a loved one passes…
Next week, we’ll have the results of our latest photo contest and name the winner. You’re going to love our celebrity guest judge…but you’ll have to wait to find out who he is. In the meantime, check out the finalists at http://dps.phanfare.com/album/199114/288673.
The lucky winner will get a 6×8 Intuous tablet from Wacom. In the immortal words of Paris Hilton “It’s hot!”
As always, a special thank you to our sponsor, Alien Skin, and to our advertiser, DXO Labs. These are companies we are incredibly proud to feature on the show. Check out their free trial downloads today! And remember – you can save $50 on Alien Skin’s Snap Art by calling and mentioning The Digital Photography Show and you can save 20% on DXO’s outstanding Optics Pro by entering the coupon code DPSSHOW.
Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us there on the blog. You are the champions, my friends.
Scott
March 4th, 2007 at 4:05 am
Scott and Micheal-
Thank you very much for the show today!
It was EXTREMELY informative and really gives me a bit more confidence to go out in public and shoot some photos. I’ve always been skeptical about taking that action but now I know it’s my legal right to do so.
I’ve printed out the .pdf and am ordering Bert’s book.
One of your most informative and helpful shows to date!
Very well done :)
-Garrett Foster
http://www.inevadropit.com
March 4th, 2007 at 7:15 am
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March 4th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Great show guys. I already own Bert’s book and I carry his “Photographers Rights” sheet with me everywhere I go.
I’m so glad that he cleared up a lot of misconceptions that many photographers have and confirmed the fact that is’s almost always legal to shoot anywhere, anytime, and anyone. …and don’t let any rent-a-cop (or real cop for that matter) tell you otherwise!
See you in Vegas.
BTW, regarding Scott and Michael’s trip to Vegas, Scott said “we’ll be sleeping together for 4 nights” … you might want to explain that a bit before someone gets the wrong idea … but then again, they do say “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” :)
March 6th, 2007 at 10:15 am
I have a question. I am not seeing this show on ITunes. ITunes is where I download all my podcasts. Is there another way to get a show and put it onto my Ipod? Thanks.
March 7th, 2007 at 6:57 am
Hi guys,
That was an amazing show! I found it very informative and it answered all of the questions I had about the legal rights of a photographer. It seemed like I thought of a ‘What about…/what if…?’ scenario and then you asked and received a great response from Bert about 10 seconds after I thought of the question.
Being a Canadian, do you happen to have any links to documentation that may provide more information about the rights of a Canadian photographer? I was really hoping the US and Canadian rights would be similar but according to Bert, they are not.
Thanks guys for a great show and keep them coming! Enjoy your time at PMA in Vegas and don’t lose too much money; you have to save for costly photography equipment.
March 7th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Still the latest show is not on ITunes. I guess no one can answer my question. I cannot listen to it at home due to my 2 kids and schedule. I need to put it on the iPod. Anyone know how to get it onto the iPod without iTunes?
March 7th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Interesting story - and as far as I am aware the majority of the sentiments also apply here in Australia (in particular ‘use common sense’).
Here are some links that fellow Aussies might find useful:
- http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Photographers_Rights,_General_Privacy,_and_Copyright_in_Australia
- http://4020.net/words/photorights.shtml
March 7th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Hi Landya. You could download the mp3 file to your hard drive and then drag that into iTunes. It should then copy over just like a song.
However, it showed up for me in iTunes, so I’m not sure why it isn’t showing up for you. Sometimes the iTunes subscriptions get a little wonky. You could try unsubscribing and then resubscribing and see if that does anything.
March 8th, 2007 at 7:35 am
This was a great show packed with GREAT infomation. You guys had my attention the whole time with this topic.
Can Bert be part of the show every week? I think you’re on to something with his insight.
Vey well done!
Jim McDonald
http://www.starlight-photos.com
March 8th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Actually, modifying a camera to shoot IR just removes the low-pass filter in front of the sensor (and does nuke any warranty). But, you still have to shoot with an IR filter on the front of your lens to capture IR images. Removing the low-pass filter gives you more IR sensitivity than it does with the low-pass filter in place.
Some DSLR and point and shoot cameras are more sensitive to IR wavelength than others without removing the low-pass filter.
BTW the Fuji S3 UVIR camera is the first production camera for those that need to shoot UV and IR without modifications.
My D70 is much more sensitive to IR as-is than my D200 is.
March 8th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Landya - Cameron here from TPN. The latest show is showing up for me in iTunes as well. What happens if you right-click on the Digital Photography Show, inside iTunes, and select “Update Podcast”?
March 10th, 2007 at 10:16 am
This was my first time listening and I’ve already subscribed to the feed in iTunes! Fantastic job! The photographer’s rights information was great to hear in a nice informal way. Would love to hear more talk on the subject, and I just ordered his book.
Christian James
http://ChristianJamesPhoto.com
March 14th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
For those interested in more information - including UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia - take a look here:
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/photographers-rights-and-photography-privacy-advice/
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 pm
This is a warning to Canon EOS shooters!!!!! I bought a Lexar Professional CF 80x and it failed in my Canon 30D while I was taking pictures in the Maldives Islands in a submarine. It died at the end of the trip and end of my shooting day I contacted Lexar and in true Indian fashion I went through all the basic trouble shooting and bought their Rescue software which didn’t work. After going to their support page I notice there is a notice placed on the first support page that there is an issue with Canon EOS’s and their 80x CF dating back to 2005 as well as other defective products. I am waiting for an RMA number to send it to Lexar and see if they can recover my photos. I didn’t want anyone else to loose once in a lifetime photos so am not waiting to send this. Selling products that are defective really makes me mad (you don’t want to make a retired US Marine mad). They should have pulled them off the shelf!
Check this out on their web page: http://www.lexar.com/support/index.html
I love your show and think you guys are great!!!
Jim Nemeth