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If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer
Saw this image via Thomas Hawk on Flickr.
Photo taken by Jeremy Brooks
Uploaded to Flickr by Thomas Hawk
Seems his friend Jeremy Brooks, had a minor run in with this guy while out shooting some photos.
However, Mr. Angry Overreaction Man decided that he now had a problem with me. He confronted me, demanding my camera. Of course, I refused. He got in my face and started threatening me, telling me that I cannot take his photo without his permission. I told him that yes, in fact, I can. He then walked up and bumped into me, trying to act tough. I told him that one more touch and I would call the police.
As I mentioned on Thomas’ photostream, it is well within our rights to photography in public places (unless you live in Quebec)… ask me nice and I’ll be inclined not to post it - or send me a cordial e-mail if you see an image of you that I’ve taken and I’ll likely remove it at your request - be a jerk or worse and it’s going to go up for sure.
Check out Jeremy’s accounting of the incident on his blog.
Digg Jeremy’s original blog post.
Tags: anger, flickr, jeremy hall, photographer, Portrait, rights, thomas hawk
7 Responses to “If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer”
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Yep - I’d have posted it for sure!!.. I took some shots of policefolk and a couple of army men that were looking “straight down the barrel” lastnight.. They’ll get posted… they looked cool!..
Thanks for posting jb. Good stuff - might re-post on gtvone too…
One of the dark spots to being a law student is the idea that someday someone with a bluetooth headset would use me as a weapon. I’m not keen on people siccing lawyers on each other.
I got screamed hysterically at by a woman a few years ago when I took a photo of a house from the sidewalk as I was walking by. She got really aggressive and loud and said I couldn’t take a picture of a house unless I was a real estate agent. She even followed me down the block and kept staring at me.
Hey Jason!
What do you mean “unless you live in Quebec”?
I do live in Quebec… do you mean I won’t be able to make pix on the streets here?
Is there any law forbidding this or is it just a saying?
Julie: I’m just going by the conversation on one of my photos on flickr. In the comments, kaliko81 stated “Don’t get me wrong, shooting people in their everyday life is something I did before and that I will certainly do again. Whenever I do though I ask myself if it’s right or not. For the record, there is a law in Quebec for publicating image of people without permission.” Since he lives in Quebec also, you might want to ask him further about it!
I totally agree and I also dugg your article.
Ok :-)
Thank you Jason!