Is it legal to shoot video from public space of events and people taking place on public streets, and post those videos on the internet for viewing for a fee?
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Is it legal to shoot video from public space of events and people taking place on public streets, and post those videos on the internet for viewing for a fee?
Does the legality change if faces are identifiable? Does the legality change if logos, billboards, or identifiable products are shown but not made a focus of the video?
Asked on August 29, 2012 under Business Law, California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country if you are taking videotape of people in public from a lawful area and then posting what you depicted on film on the internet for a fee, there is nothing illegal as to what you are doing under the laws of all states in this country so long as the people depicted on film are not being used to endorse any product.
The rationale is that such people have no justifiable expectation of privacy. Common examples of what you want to do is the depiction of people on the news.
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