If its a small room, perhaps the restaurant could offer a free
dessert to patrons in exchange for them signing a waiver. Most people
quite like to see themselves in promotional material, if they've been
asked in advance. Either that or they could offer special party night
to regular customers with a special banquet meal at a fixed low price
in exchange for a little inconvenience and a legal waiver.
AndrewF
On 17/09/2005, at 2:57 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Take it from an old photo journalist, a restaurant is, at best,
> really "iffy" in terms of being a public place. If an event occurs
> therein of legitimate public interest, such as a mob killing or a
> really, really newsworthy Rotary Club meeting, like where the mayor
> gets drunk and sings a bawdy seafaring ditty, that's one thing.
> Taking picures for commercial purposes of folks caught unawares
> whilst stuffing their faces, perhaps while dining sans spouse or
> significant other, could well result in some very unpleasant legal
> consequences. While certainly not rising to the level of one's
> bedroom or bath, at least in the US of A a certain expectancy of
> privacy obtains in such environs.
>
> Let's be careful out there.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
>
>>
>>
>>>>> Since this is a public place there may be no problem with model
>>>>> releases
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I doubt that inside is a "public place", I would be hesitant to
>>>> publish
>>>> any photographs with recognisable people without a release.
>>>>
>> If your photos are for a review in a newspaper or magazine, it
>> would be an
>> editorial use, and most likely OK. If for one of those free
>> magazines that
>> are all promotional, could be different.
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>>
>>
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