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Interesting thread - have been wondering about this.
I complied with his request more out of not wanting to annoy him than anything else (though that ended annoying others who wanted nice photos for a blog to help encourage more people to come!). But I have wondered where I would have stood on that legally. Are restaurants/hotels considered private property? What about sports clubs? (Eg social events held in a function room at a golf/bowling club.)
(This is in reference to adults, I avoid taking pictures of children unless its with parents' permission.)
At Christmas I wanted to take some dancing shots at an event I was at - and one of the dancers objected and said if he was even in the background of any shots he'd sue me. This was in a restaurant so would that be considered being on private property?The main point for the original question was to answer whether or not there were any legal implications of taking and displaying photos taken without somebodies knowledge or consent. The question arose after a conversation I had with a friend, who said he would not be happy if he saw a photo of himself on the internet or a magazine etc. if it had been taken without his knowledge. He pointed out that he would take legal action over it because he hadn't consented to it's publication, hence my question.
I complied with his request more out of not wanting to annoy him than anything else (though that ended annoying others who wanted nice photos for a blog to help encourage more people to come!). But I have wondered where I would have stood on that legally. Are restaurants/hotels considered private property? What about sports clubs? (Eg social events held in a function room at a golf/bowling club.)
(This is in reference to adults, I avoid taking pictures of children unless its with parents' permission.)
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