Panthers post my face to hundreds of people

[texpef]

shaggy said:

Block 15.... I can just be grateful that as long as I sit back in my seat, Pager can't see me! ;D

he isnt the only one who is grateful there shaggy, as far as printing images without approval this type of sneakyroundabout type rules seems to be more prevalent now than ever. Afterall is there anyone who posts on here actually read the microsoft disclaimer for windows? Basically you dont own the software and any data loss even though down to the operating system is YOUR fault... Now i dont understand just because you attend a venue or install software or whatever that the owners can add whatever they like as criteria and you have to abide by it, surely this is wrong?...

[Peacock]

texpef said:

Now i dont understand just because you attend a venue or install software or whatever that the owners can add whatever they like as criteria and you have to abide by it, surely this is wrong?...

The criteria the NIC set aren't illegal, so everyone is left with 2 choices...abide by them, or don't attend the venue.

[ted]

shaggy said:

Block 15.... YOU can just be grateful that as long as I sit back in my seat, Pager can't see me! ;D

altered for you shaggy.

Plus peacocks right.... The NIC are going to have checked their T and Cs are legal. They arent gonna leave themselves wide open by falling foul of some little known piece of legislation.

[maxfax]

Not in all cases, but in a lot of cases, the rules/regulations of a venue are only printed on a reverse of a ticket...which means only visible to the customer once they have already purchased the said tickets etc... For talk sake, & just as an example, how would you stand legally if you were not accepting of these terms? A lot of tickets are non refundable unless event cancelled etc.
Any ideas? Just curious.

[spik]

Good point.

[loveday]

pucky said:

therapy said:

A friend of mine had her image plastered all over the side of a bus in a Giants advertising campaign.

However on the legal front, by entering into a sports ground/arena in this country you agree to be bound by the promoters terms and conditions, usually one of the conditions is that your image or voice may be recorded and used in any subsequent advertising or promotional way that the promoter seems fit.

Photographers would usually draw the line at using kids photos, and personally if a picture of mine was to be used in such a way then I would try my best to forewarn the person (if possible), however DP probably hands a disc full of images to the printers and they pick what they want, as is probably the agreement he has with them.

Spot on. You enter an arena/rink/concert hall and the promotors can do what they like with your image - you are, afterall, only a face in the crowd.

What a photographer cannot do is pick out a child in the crowd and post his/her image only on a website or print the picture without the parent's permission. However if that kid is a blurred face, or you cannot make out his/her image in any way then that's OK.

Different situation really but that's why you won't often find photos of Lions' players who wear face-cages. We don't know if the parent has given permission for the photo to be taken, or if theres a legal reason that child cannot have an image on the internet.

Not quite true.
There is the little matter of if you are at the Arena and you are one of a number of skaters doing your Grades with Skate UK. Adult or Children.
Read the small print when you sign up for Skate UK.

You only have to see the current leaflet advertising Skate UK and see all the children's pictures. They picked out the skaters during the warm up session before Skate UK on a Wednesday evening earlier this year.
We did not know what the photos were for until we saw the leaflet weeks after. Several families took up the issue with the NIC including my daughter.
The result is that now when you sign up for Skate UK they give you a copy of the rules with your receipt, before this the rules were actually stuck up on the wall where you paid. Does anyone ever read them?
It does state that they can use photos for promotional use. The photographer was supposed to ask permission but in our case that was not done. My daughter was not even there and no one asked me.
The lesson learned there is to challenge anyone taking a photo of your children or even yourself in these situations and find out what their intentions are.

If you do not mind them using the photos, then no problem.

You have to see the funny side as well, as several people who have seen the leaflet have asked her to autograph it for them, which she did. She finds it hilarious but not so her mother.

[texpef]

i didnt say it was illegal peacock i just said in my opinion i though it was wrong thats all....

[Peacock]

texpef said:

i didnt say it was illegal peacock i just said in my opinion i though it was wrong thats all....

I never said you did.

Whether you think it's right or wrong, you still only have the same 2 options.

[bobness]

This thread beggars belief. What's the point? What are you whinging at? How have you been adversely affected?
Thank goodess Baz and Shaggy bring some sense/humour to it.

[texpef]

too true bobby afterall am one of the lucky ones in that my ugly mug aint gunna be plastered on any billboard any time soon...

[spik]

Ba humbug....What about those 'wanted' posters?

[Rhino#13]

Been away from the PC for a bit. Wow, 3 pages later. I found it funny really, but the thing with the lass who got pasted all over the side of a bus seems rather unfair.

Yes, Twix that was the photo and I bet Barbara is relieved they edited her off the side of that as its an awful photo of her LOL.