Jul 03

Legal Rights of Photographers (and Videographers) Shooting in Public

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It's hard enough to master the technical and artistic aspects of video-graphy and film-making to then have to worry about legal rights. But as you know, it's critical.

Here's a brief, easy to follow breakdown of what your rights are for doing photography in public: 

A brief but comprehensive rights for doing photography in public - PDF file

Photographer's Guide to Privacy , including a state-by-state guide

And a rather enjoyable, and thorough USA Today article on the subject that refers to other resources as well.

 



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Aaron Howland said:

 		 This is good info to have!
July 03, 2007

Ankhel said:

 		 I agree the authors did a terrific job of describing the basics, in easy to follow English.

What I found was rather interesting was that you don't have legal responsibility to give over your film if someone demands it. "Absent a court order, private parties have no right to confiscate your film. Taking your film directly or indirectly by threatening to
use force or call a law enforcement agency can constitute criminal offenses such as theft and coercion."
July 03, 2007

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