Have INFO on the law, so it is oK,

ginger_55

You can take any photos you want, pretty much. Just can only use them for certain things. Personal use is pretty much OK across the board.

Other than that, even hanging a photo in one's office, the law comes into it.

Since I am making no money, and certainly not from someone I have definitely had no permission to take photos of, I am not exploiting them (contests were not mentioned as exploitation), etc, I have nothingto worry about re my photos.

ginger

Aaron Wilson

what about
what about buldings.. like a jamba juice or starbucks? or just buildings?

PerezDesignGroup

Aaron Wilson wrote:

what about buldings.. like a jamba juice or starbucks? or just buildings?

Good question. I know certain Architecture that is considered art cannot be sold. Such as the popular auditorium in Syndey, Australia. I believe any plain building can be shot as long as trademark/branding is not visible. (logos, advertisements, etc) But I'm not a pro at stuff like this. I just happen to know that stock sites like www.istockphoto.com will not accept them at all so it must be for a reason.

tmlphoto

PerezDesignGroup wrote:

Good question. I know certain Architecture that is considered art cannot be sold. Such as the popular auditorium in Syndey, Australia. I believe any plain building can be shot as long as trademark/branding is not visible. (logos, advertisements, etc) But I'm not a pro at stuff like this. I just happen to know that stock sites like www.istockphoto.com will not accept them at all so it must be for a reason.

The lone cypress out near carmel,california is copyrighted or some such thing. You can't sell pictures of it either. Pretty strange if you asked me.

Aaron Wilson

Is there a way to find out what has a copy write on it?

Andy

copyrighted / trademarked buildings

Aaron Wilson wrote:

Is there a way to find out what has a copy write on it?

there's a list of buildings, i'll try to find it.

and here's a relavent article

tmshots

Anytime anything is in question about copyright laws I always do two things. One is call my Lawyer (yes, doing this sort of thing it pays to have a lawyer or even just to know of one) and 2. is to go to www.copyright.gov for all that pertinant information as well as pdf forms to copyright any of your own personal work. This is a dog eat dog world people, and I hate to say it but it is best to cover all your bases. Mind you, this is not leagal advice that I am giving. That would be a crime I'm just saying this is what I do.

Andy

** list of trademarked buildings **
it's right here