Does anyone have experience with Italian copyright law? Specifically,U.S. publication of a photo containing statuary in a public place. The fountain of Bacchus, Boboli Garden, Florence. Shot a funny photo there but I'm hesitant to have it publishe

-- karl knize (karlknize@ameritech.net), April 02, 2002

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You shouldn't worry about Italian copyright law unless you are publishing in Italy. What you do need to have are model releases. If the subjects of your photos are people who can be recongized as specific individuals you need to have their written permission to publish their likeness- a model release. If the photograph is made in a privately owned location and can be recognized as such, then you need a property release signed by the owner of the property. Public locations are basically ok.

Of course if you publish the photograph as journalism or news coverage only for the purpose of informing the public, you don't need any permission, but you may have to prove it's newsworthieness, or furnish credentials as a member of the press.

Here's a link to the US Copyright Law Page- sorry it's not linked, but I'm an idiot and can't make it work for some reason.

www.loc.gov/copyright

-- drew (swordfisher@hotmail.com), April 02, 2002.

When you shoot in a pubblic space, during a demonstration or a pubblic event, there is no problem with the subjetcs you shoot. Unless they are the principle and main subjetc of the photo, but if you shoot monumetns there is no problem at all. By Joe

-- Joe Pelizza Salusso di Volpedo (breglumasi@hotmail.com), April 03, 2002.

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As a service. ;<)

Art

-- Art (AKarr90975@aol.com), April 03, 2002.