BOOK: Legal Handbook for Photographers by Bert Krages
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Book by Bert Krages, review by catspaw
Written by a lawyer, this book is still very approachable and includes more facts than you thought you needed to know, but with more details than you thought existed. Copyrights and model release are the least of the topics covered, as it also includes ways to handle confrontations, common laws, federal and state laws, access to property, privacy issues, subject matter restrictions and a whole lot more.
In truth, unless you are hiring your own lawyer for everything you do photographically, this book is an outstanding start in filling out your education. These are the things you NEED to know as a photographer so you know where you stand, even on as important an issue of when someone tries to claim your gear and images on private property. If you don't know where you legally stand, how can you verbally defend yourself? Or know how best to go about doing so?
The book also gets into Ethics -- not so much what you 'should' do, but how to decide what your limits are and act on them. This might be in candid photography, photographing children, crash scenes, etc. All material well meant to make you think and consider both your moral and legal implications before you act.
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Book by Bert Krages, review by catspaw
Written by a lawyer, this book is still very approachable and includes more facts than you thought you needed to know, but with more details than you thought existed. Copyrights and model release are the least of the topics covered, as it also includes ways to handle confrontations, common laws, federal and state laws, access to property, privacy issues, subject matter restrictions and a whole lot more.
In truth, unless you are hiring your own lawyer for everything you do photographically, this book is an outstanding start in filling out your education. These are the things you NEED to know as a photographer so you know where you stand, even on as important an issue of when someone tries to claim your gear and images on private property. If you don't know where you legally stand, how can you verbally defend yourself? Or know how best to go about doing so?
The book also gets into Ethics -- not so much what you 'should' do, but how to decide what your limits are and act on them. This might be in candid photography, photographing children, crash scenes, etc. All material well meant to make you think and consider both your moral and legal implications before you act.
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