alt Hacker NewsNot sure I understand how this would work with, say, a photograph of a person. Does the photographer own the copyright, or the photographed?
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germanier • today at 7:42 AM
That's not a new question: what if you photograph a sculpture?
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In France we have a ‘right to the image’ where you have a right to stop someone taking your photo or having a photo of you published. People who contravene the rules can be punished with fines or more.
From Wikipedia: "Public figures can be photographed as part of their function or professional activity... A photograph of a public figure taken as part of his private life therefore still requires explicit authorization for publication. Thus, the Prime Minister cannot oppose a journalist photographing him at the exit of the Council of Ministers or during an official lunch, but he can prohibit the publication of photographs representing him at an event in his private life, such as a family reunion.”
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_à_l%27image_des_personne...