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#1 by Michael Pachis on October 24, 2016 - 5:21 pm
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When attending an arts and crafts fair in public places (i.e. parks, city streets, etc) can a photographer take a picture of items on display or would it be copyright infringement?
There could be a variety of work on display from wood working, glass blowing, jewelry, metal work, and 2d art such as painting and photos.
I have hears a variety of opinions from exhibitors and photographers. Exhibitors think no photography without their express permission. Photographers think photography is allowed but use maybe limited because of copyright.
#2 by Jack and Ed on November 1, 2016 - 3:28 pm
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You don’t say how you want to use the photos – if at all. Generally you can take pictures of anything. The issue becomes whether you can publish them and if so, for what purpose(s). You could for example, take photos to be licensed to a newspaper doing a story about the fair. We suggest however, that if an artist or craft person is adamant about not taking any photos of their work, that you don’t. Understand, they’re concerned about people ripping off their work. Happens a lot, so try and understand it from their POV. There is simply no compelling reason to get involved in a verbal or physical altercation over the creation of images which are not likely to be valuable, newsworthy or important in any respect. Walk away to shoot another day while the artist loses out on the free advertising and publicity for the works he/she is trying to sell..
#3 by Harry Boom on December 27, 2018 - 1:46 pm
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Hello I’m wondering if you can clarify a topic that I’ve searched around and can’t find a clear answer for. If I submit a group of unpublished photos as samples of my work to be considered for an art residency, does that then make the submitted photos published? To be clear I wouldn’t be exhibiting the submitted photos, they would only be a means for the residency staff to determine the validity of my work. Thanks for all the amazing work you do for the art community.
#4 by Steve Hinczynski on January 31, 2023 - 2:59 pm
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Hi Guys, thanks for all the insight in the Kelby One copyright course as well as the book. This may be a dumb question but it made me wonder a bit. Are there any issues if you register a photo or photos as published then later include them as part of a group of photos in an unpublished registration or vise-versa? Thanks in advance.
Steve
#5 by Jack and Ed on February 1, 2023 - 12:03 am
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Questions are always good and never dumb. But answers can be dumb when people who really don’t know an answer, answer anyway. Like in comment sections in social media. That’s actually a problem with ChatGPT, it will sometimes make up an answer, along with references and footnotes. It doesn’t do “I don’t know” well. But I digress.
Once an image is published, it’s published. It’s like once you lose your virginity, it’s lost and not coming back. Same with published status. You can’t go back and register it as unpublished. That’s a no-no. And never mix published and unpublished in a registration. That’s totally forbidden. Also, once you register an image as unpublished and it’s later published, you are still covered by the unpublished registration.You do not re-register it. But you can’t go the other way, published to unpublished.
Hope that answers it.