[Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

[Stevie Benton]

Sounds like you're prepared for some flash photography. Ahem.
On Jul 27, 2012 8:08 PM, "Richard Symonds" <richard.symonds at wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:

> I'm about to video the flypast, outside on the road in my dressing gown.
> Does that count as freedom of panorama? ;-)
>
> Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
> On Jul 27, 2012 3:48 PM, <wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > wikimail at inbox.org wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
> > wrote:
> > > > I don't see that joint authorship enters into this at all. I think
> > it's safe
> > > > to assume that the one holding the camera is the one making the
> > creative
> > > > decisions about the photos.
> > >
> > > Then continue to advise people that they are the sole owner of a
> > > photograph just because they clicked the shutter.
> > >
> > > My advice is that the law isn't that simple, and that blanket
> > > statements of that type are quite often incorrect.
> > >
> >
> > Suppose I take a photo of someone jumping over a hurdle. Most likely I'd
> > alter the raw image somewhat. At least change the white balance, the
> colour
> > saturation and mid grey point, but I might also change perspective, clone
> > out some elements, blur other parts, maybe de-emphasis the colour is some
> > other areas. The resulting image may be rather different to the image
> that
> > was originally recorded.
> >
> > Now asuppose that the I who takes the photo is not the same I that does
> > the post-processing.
> >
> >
> >
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