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thanks for the information. thats the reason that the plasma team  should
find the winner and not the community via rating.

cheers
Andreas
Am 12.03.2015 13:46 schrieb "Martin Klapetek" <martin.klapetek at gmail.com>:

> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Jonathan Riddell <jr at jriddell.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 01:20:35PM +0100, Martin Klapetek wrote:
>> >    However do you know how it is with property licenses when used as
>> >    backgrounds?
>>
>> It varies by country, sensible countries make sure that photos of
>> public buildings are not restricted by copyright.  Both the UK and the
>> US are sensible countries in this regard.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama
>
>
> That is not true, for example Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square
> in London that are not private tourist photos _must_ have a property
> release before using it commercially. And there are many such buildings
> or landmarks in US and everywhere else too.
>
>
>> >    Same goes with children or any person on photos,
>> >    there you need "model release" (ie. the person's signature that
>> his/her
>> >    photo
>> >    can be used for various purposes).
>>
>> Personality rights for people modelling is only a US concept, sensible
>> countries have no such restrictions.
>>
>
> That is also not true and it's more complicated. Basically, taking a
> picture
> on the public space/street should be safe, but as soon as the person
> (and especially children) are the main object of the photos, you do need
> to have a license to use those in a non-private way.
>
> All I'm saying is, better stay safe (licensing Golden Gate Bridge for
> non-private use is 2000$, getting sued could be very very very
> expensive).
>
> Cheers
> --
> Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer
>
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