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From: care19161@gmail.com Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:04:33 -0400 To: wlm-us@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [WLM-US] Question Regarding Wikipedia Takes America
Hi! I am thinking about organizing a Wikipedia Takes America project in my city, and I have a question. I've looked through the National Register of Historic Places for the sites in my city/county that do not yet have photos, and I've come across a few that I know will be a problem. One is our Federal Building and the others are private homes. Do you have any advice as to how to go about getting permission to photograph these buildings? I would assume we could simply ask the permission of the homeowner and perhaps direct them to the Wikipedia site for more information on the project in the case of the private homes, but is it even possible to photograph a Federal Building these days without government or press credentials?
Thanks,
Pat Carey Rochester, NY
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this is very much locally determined. In most western countries you can photograph anything from the public road (even though people or guards may not /like/ it), maybe with the exception of some military stuff. It is another question whether you're allowed to publish it (copyright, freedom of panorama - you know the drill).
So you should figure out what is the legal situation in the US. I suspect that photographing from public road as long as there are no recognizable people is OK, but you shouldn't enter their property. But IANAL and you might want to double check.
Lodewijk
2013/8/26 User Mono usermono@outlook.com
I'm forwarding this for broader input - I'm really not sure what is required. Please advise:
From: care19161@gmail.com Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:04:33 -0400 To: wlm-us@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [WLM-US] Question Regarding Wikipedia Takes America
Hi! I am thinking about organizing a Wikipedia Takes America project in my city, and I have a question. I've looked through the National Register of Historic Places for the sites in my city/county that do not yet have photos, and I've come across a few that I know will be a problem. One is our Federal Building and the others are private homes. Do you have any advice as to how to go about getting permission to photograph these buildings? I would assume we could simply ask the permission of the homeowner and perhaps direct them to the Wikipedia site for more information on the project in the case of the private homes, but is it even possible to photograph a Federal Building these days without government or press credentials?
Thanks,
Pat Carey Rochester, NY
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
So you should figure out what is the legal situation in the US. I suspect that photographing from public road as long as there are no recognizable people is OK, but you shouldn't enter their property. But IANAL and you might want to double check.
You may also find that some NRHP sites have signs up explicitly prohibiting photography (including from the road or sidewalk). I don't remember details re content or placement of these signs but I'm pretty sure e.g. the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] has them posted. (Maybe they only cover some parts of the bridge?)
This may warrant some more careful investigation/analysis. (and a visit to go look and see what the signs actually say and where they are)
-Jeremy
On 27.08.2013 02:27, Jeremy Baron wrote:
You may also find that some NRHP sites have signs up explicitly prohibiting photography (including from the road or sidewalk). I don't remember details re content or placement of these signs but I'm pretty sure e.g. the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] has them posted. (Maybe they only cover some parts of the bridge?)
And on top of that there are many sites in the US which are physically impossible to photograph without entering private property.
Cheers Yaroslav
That is actually not something very unique. This happens in quite a few coutnries, and in that case the photographer will simply have to get the permission to enter and take the photo. Sometimes simpler than other times of course :)
The same of course goes for interiors of monuments, which are in some cases separately protected.
This is no reason to remove them from the lists though - they are still monuments. And when it is the only thing left to photograph, the owner is more likely to be swayed to give permission once.
Lodewijk
2013/8/27 Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod@mccme.ru
On 27.08.2013 02:27, Jeremy Baron wrote:
You may also find that some NRHP sites have signs up explicitly prohibiting photography (including from the road or sidewalk). I don't remember details re content or placement of these signs but I'm pretty sure e.g. the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] has them posted. (Maybe they only cover some parts of the bridge?)
And on top of that there are many sites in the US which are physically impossible to photograph without entering private property.
Cheers Yaroslav
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