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Thread #106386   Message #2197845
Posted By: GUEST,qtwf
19-Nov-07 - 05:45 PM
Thread Name: photographing/recording musicians
Subject: RE: photographing/recording musicians
Hiya,

Oops.

Once more with text?

A quick look through:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm

seems to imply that still photos of a musical performance is not an infringement of copyright. Video or audio recording quite definitely is.

In my small involvement with such things I have always told people using video or audio recorders to stop, but not photographers.

UNLESS they are using a flashgun, which is an awful thing for everybody!

And if there's even halfway decent lighting you'll get way better pictures without!

Cheers,

Q