an excellent read from the ACLU
On 2011-09-26 01:40:39 +0100, Ryan McGinnis said:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Pete A wrote:
I know a guy who shoots TV commercials. The cost is prohibitive for
copyright permission for most any American city with modern
architecture visible, so he has to shoot in Canada or often Eastern
European cities, and even has had to do CGI virtual buildings if the ad
needs a real fancy piece of modern architecture to work.
Yep, hope this disease doesn't spread to the UK. Some act as if it has.
It's just as valid an issue in the UK as it is in the U.S. Which is,
to say, no, you don't need any kind of release to show modern
architecture or cities in a commercial -- not legally, anyhow. But
agencies know that even frivilous lawsuits are extremely expensive to
defend against, so as a matter of practice they require their
photographers / videographers to not feature any one unreleased
building too prominently. The UK agencies are just the same.
Thanks for the explanation, Ryan.
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