Interesting question brought up in the National Law Review article here. It’s about the food porn people shoot and upload in restaurants all the time. And we mean ALL THE TIME. The article looks at the legalities of photographing a creative “sculpture” of food, a creative plating of food, or maybe a unique pasta shape. Could taking a photo and uploading the photo of your meal be copyright infringement? A great dissection of that question is looked at in the article. Rest and eat easy, the answer is no. For now.
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#1 by Vivian on March 4, 2016 - 2:14 am
I read the article and forgive me for being crass but today’s culinary “sculpture” is tomorrow’s you-know-what. Not only that, a moment after it’s served, it is destroyed and deconstructed during consumption. While I respect the right of a chef or a restaurant to ban food photography, I think copyright takes things to the extreme!