can someone take your photo in a private place?

If you request a photographer to take down images on the internet, it would be common courtesy for the photographer to take them down. So just send the photographer another message and request he takes them down, if he refuses you can't do anything about it.

I would think a better way to convince someone to take down images would be to request them because of privacy issues or given some kind of reason to take them down, rather than going off on one about ownership or that he had no right to do it. Most photographers would end up keeping them in spite of the request based on he has not right because he knows he has every right.
 
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groen said:
If you request a photographer to take down images on the internet, it would be common courtesy for the photographer to take them down. So just send the photographer another message and request he takes them down, if he refuses you can't do anything about it.

I would think a better way to convince someone to take down images would be to request them because of privacy issues or given some kind of reason to take them down, rather than going off on one about ownership or that he had no right to do it. Most photographers would end up keeping them in spite of the request based on he has not right because he knows he has every right.
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I have been very courteous with regards taking the images down. At no point did i get arsey with him, or even tell him that he is not liked by the band.

Thanks for your advice tho. I will message him again and request them to be taken down as they already have a designated photographer ;)
 
hopeful_builder said:
A friends band played at a Pub, and some chump they dont like took photos of the band in and out of the pub and posted them online to add to his portfolio, despite not asking for permission and several requests to remove them they are still there
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I don't think I know of any legal obligation for them to take the photos down. They are his photos, regardless of whether it was a public or private place.
 
malfunkshun said:
A pub is private property. Whether the owner/management allow you access is entirely at their discretion.
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think you have got that the wrong way round - they can refuse you access, but you dont need permission to enter. Private property requires permission to enter, otherwise you are trespassing.
 
culvers said:
think you have got that the wrong way round - they can refuse you access, but you dont need permission to enter. Private property requires permission to enter, otherwise you are trespassing.
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Not at all, a pub is private property.

You do need permission to enter, but the permission is presumed as it is a pub.
You cannot be thrown off public property by anyone other than law enforcement, because its public!
 
I would have thought the fact that he is using them in a commercial manner without your permission would be the issue, rather than just the fact he took them?

Surely there must be something the OP can do about this, otherwise e.g. what's to stop you taking pictures of girls in bikinis at the beach and selling the pictures in a calendar or setting up a website to sell them?

Edit: A couple of possibly relevant points taken from: http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/ip_photography.htm#3.1

WIPO said:
People are not protected by intellectual property rights. But be cautious when you photograph someone who is wearing something protected by copyright, industrial design or trademark rights. For example:

A model wearing a piece of haute couture or some jewelry;
An actor wearing a theatrical costume; or
A sportsperson wearing a t-shirt with a badge or logo on it.xi
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Is it possible one of your band members was wearing a t-shirt or so with a clearly visible logo?

Also

WIPO said:
Many countries recognize that individuals have a right of publicity. The right of publicity is the direct opposite of the right of privacy. It recognizes that a person’s image has economic value that is presumed to be the result of the person’s own effort and it gives to each person the right to exploit their own image.

Under this right, you could be liable if you use a photograph of someone without their consent to gain some commercial benefit.
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You could potentially use the argument that by making these photos available, he is potentially causing financial damage to your own designated photographer?
 
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Lol if papers can print and make money from pictures of people taking drugs in their own bathroom I think someone will be fine posting photos of. Aband that's showing themselves off in public
 
Haggisman said:
what's to stop you taking pictures of girls in bikinis at the beach and selling the pictures in a calendar or setting up a website to sell them?
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Nothing at all! Well except your morals . This is why paparazzi are mostly scum
 
I'm sure you'd be done under some kind of perversion act if you were caught taking pictures of women in bikinis.
 
Fact of the matter is, this is a civil issue.

The easiest way is to be polite. Go in all guns blazing will just make the photographer do it in spite as he does own copyright. Then you have to pursue it through the courts to stop him which will cost you a lot of money.

Is stopping him using that photograph worth that much time and money for your trouble?
 
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