On Apr 3, 2006, at 6:07 PM, Tom C wrote:
Makes sense to me. I'm no lawyer either.
Thinking along these lines though, TV stations routinely shoot
footage on street corners, at public events., etc., of persons who
have not given explicit signed consent to be photographed. Nor
have they given consent for the footage to be aired. That footage
is shown on television news. Stepping out on a limb... Somewhat
implicit in everything a news organization (at least here in the
US) does is the idea that it will attract advertisers and
readership/viewership, hence generate income. I don't see the
difference in showing a picture on the air vs. on a T-shirt.
News use is exempt. But a T-shirt is not a newspaper.
And the news images must be used in a manner that is not derogatory
to people who are just incidentally photographed.
Bob
