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Photographing a Public Golf Course. legal question.? |
The next time I play my favorite golf course, I want to take a digital picture of one of my favorite holes and use it as the background image for online and print advertising for my business. Can I get into big trouble for this? Probably not. This is the section of law called torts, whereby you would pay money for the damage the course owner suffered because of you using the photo. Will the course owner suffer damages? It's hard to see how they could. And, in most cases if they objected they would simply ask you to stop using the photo, and never file suit against you. However, if your actions became known and the course objected, the course management could legally refuse to allow you to play the course in the future. It's probably much safer is you use the photo and don't identify the course by name. And, you could always make the photo, write and ask permission, and then use the photo whether you have permission or not. But, you'd have a 50/50 chance of using the photo with permission. Realistically, unless your company is huge, the course will probably never become aware of your usage. If you took a photo from the internet, and that photo was copyrighted (about $300), the copyright owner could sue you without showing damages. Source(s): If you want to see some cases on copyright, go to http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php... As long as you are not going to use the picture for profit, there would be nothing to get you in trouble. If you tried to sell the picture, or use it in some type of public fashion and take credit for it(like put it in a art gallery for sale for example), the you MAY have a problem. If you used it in some type of advertisement(whether related to the course or not), you may have issues there as well. But just for your own use, no problem. Take a great shot! |
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