OT: Photographer Being Sued

[P. J. Alling]

This just so completely confuses copyright and trademark infringement 
with a bit of the we can control everything cant the Dixie Plantation 
has for the basis of their suit that it's just scary. It seems we 
photographers are already paying for this.

graywolf wrote:
> Well, as to the legality, one does not have the right to sell images of someone 
> else's clearly identifiable property without their permission. One does have the 
> right to take the photos, without violating any laws of trespass, it is selling 
> the images that is questionable. One would assume that the right to the income 
> from ones own property is clear, otherwise I want every one on the list to send 
> me rent. regardless of who owns the property they live on <GRIN>.
>
>
> Jack Davis wrote:
>   
>> Mr Ham had no right to do what he did. "Private" property rights should
>> always be respected especially when privacy is to be compromised by
>> being held up to the world to see.
>> "Privacy" and "security" are too closely related these days.
>> That being said, I'm somewhat ambivalent about being restricted from
>> taking pictures of something which is on private property, but from a
>> public property position.
>>
>> Jack
>> --- Rebekah <rg2pdml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Just found this interesting, what do you guys think?
>>>
>>> http://www.thestate.com/local/story/190126.html
>>>
>>> rg2
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