RE: Santa Barbara Soap

[Jim Dunn <jimmyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Having worked all over the place I think this is VERY cheeky indeed.
> Sort of like parking wardens for photographers.  Do the Thought Police
> in the parks carry guns?  This kind of idea just would not work in
> creaky old UK.
>
> Charles
>

Unfortunately it does happen in the UK...at least in the city parks in
Scotland anyway.
There was a small article a couple of weeks ago in the British Journal of
Photography, about Aberdeen parks charging a not inconsiderable sum to
wedding photographers for using the parks as a background. In Glasgow parks
I have been asked on a number of occasions by gardeners if I have permission
to take photographs.

On the subject of permission, a company has formed in the UK called Dead
Famous to fight for the rights of families of, you guest it, famous dead
people. Apparently in the UK you don't need permission to use images of dead
people for advertising purposes, as you do in the USA?

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Jimmy Dunn
Scottish Stock Photography
E-mail:  jimmyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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