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Hi all..... I was watching a random youtube street vlogger video yesterday that raised a thought in my mind as follows....
I was of the understanding that if you took photos on the street that included people as being the subject or part of the subject, you could not use those photos for commercial purposes unless you obtained some sort of release from them (and presumably then perhaps with some fee being requested) but this doesn't seem to apply to videos given that youtube street vloggers ultimately monetise their content.
The video I saw happened to involve a paramedic telling someone to stop filming him (he wasn't being particularly intrusive and it wasn't really a medical situation either), to which the vlogger replied that it's a public place so I can film who or what I want, which of course is true (subject to certain criteria) and it happens all the time with street vloggers.
Now this isn't something keeping me awake at night but is there some sort of legal difference between videoing and uploading to a monetised youtube channel compared to commercial photography and making money that involves using someone's image or have I misunderstood the rules around using someone's image in a small commercial capacity ?
Just curious
I was of the understanding that if you took photos on the street that included people as being the subject or part of the subject, you could not use those photos for commercial purposes unless you obtained some sort of release from them (and presumably then perhaps with some fee being requested) but this doesn't seem to apply to videos given that youtube street vloggers ultimately monetise their content.
The video I saw happened to involve a paramedic telling someone to stop filming him (he wasn't being particularly intrusive and it wasn't really a medical situation either), to which the vlogger replied that it's a public place so I can film who or what I want, which of course is true (subject to certain criteria) and it happens all the time with street vloggers.
Now this isn't something keeping me awake at night but is there some sort of legal difference between videoing and uploading to a monetised youtube channel compared to commercial photography and making money that involves using someone's image or have I misunderstood the rules around using someone's image in a small commercial capacity ?
Just curious
