Wait … so based on this, every newspaper photo of a crowd outside would require permission from all the people in the photo?! (Since they’re after all in an online platform, i.e. the newspaper’s website.) That can’t be right!
There are numerous threads about legality of photographing in public, but I’m not sure how much they go into posting things online:
I’m curious as to the Taiwan laws regarding photographing people in public places, like on the street, in parks, etc. I was out trying the camera on my phone and had a guy get REAL pissed and reached for my phone. He stopped when I cursed him out in Chinese and moved like I was going to pound him.
Sell these images to TVBS. You’ll make a fortune.
I show up to my weekly 2 hour a week gig at one school to find 3 photos of me are in their most recent brochure.
What the heck? They didn’t even ask me.
I remember telling them specifically when I began work there that they can use photos of me inside their school as much as they like, but to never use my photo for brochures, any kind of advertising or on their billboard.
They’ve printed off somewhere between 3000 to 8000 brochures. I heard that from the kids. I saw 6 boxes filled with brochu…
Here is the situation:
Some time ago, my daughter was a “covergirl” for a baby magazine in Taiwan. The copyright to the photo belongs to the magazine, but we have the right to use it ourselves. As the picture is of my daughter in a swimsuit that I sell, we use the picture in our advertising, including online.
Today, we found another swimsuit retailer (not us), has taken the photo of my daughter, and very carefully manipulated the image so my daughter is wearing their brand’s swimsuit. They a…
When I lived in America, I carried a copy of my legal rights as a photographer around when shooting pictures. Some examples include:
kantor.com/blog/2005/12/lega … ographers/
krages.com/phoright.htm
What is the stance on this in Taiwan? What can I and can’t I photograph?
Also, what does everyone do when it comes to people. Generally, I ask if it’s OK, just to be polite. If asked to stop, I stop (I started taking pictures of the Japanese Honeycake store in Taizhong, but the lady inside wa…
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