Re: Need comnpact camera to take good crsip stage shots

"Peter" <peternew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

<snip>
> > That is possible, just like I can prohibit people not just to
photograph
> > inside my house but to step inside my house.  But that is privacy not
law.
> 
> 
> I don't know what country you are from, but in the US any performance
has an 
> automatic copyright, usually belonging to the producer. Although at some

> performances you are permitted to take a photo, you may not use the
image 
> for most commercial purposes without permission of the holder of the 
> copyright. For the very same reason you may not take a picture of me and
use 
> it for commercial purposes without my permission. However, if I was a 
> "public figure" and the image was to be used for newsworthy purposes,
the 
> rule might be slightly different. I would prefer not to get into a
complex 
> explanation of copyright law however, the rule of thumb as sketched
above is 
> a practical rule to follow. As for your privacy statement, there is no 
> Constitutional right to privacy. Privacy rights, to the extent they
exist, 
> are judicial rules that can vary in different jurisdictions.

	It sounds like your US is differtent than our US <bg> and whatever you
say
above has nothing to do with what I said.