10/12 Lincoln Photowalk & FlickrMeet October 12, 2008
Lincoln, Nebraska 68510-1668
The Flickr tags for this event's photos are lincolnflickr and upcoming:event=1200451.
This is the "2nd Saturday [Weekend]" monthly photowalk of Lincoln, Nebraska Flickr users. Individuals from all places are welcome, any time.
Meet in the Wyuka parking lot at 2:00 p.m. It will be nice if people can group together in vehicles or ride bicycles, so we have less potential for background vehicle clutter in our photos.
We will explore the Cemetery & Park for about two hours, then wrap up with a meal at DaVinci's (44th & O Streets).
PLEASE NOTE: It is standard "rule" that photos from cemeteries may not be used for commercial purposes or profit without consent from the headstone artist AND family of the deceased. Thankfully, per the Flickr Community Guidelines, Flickr is for personal use only. Please limit ALL your posting of this walk's photos to personal use.
As posted by Chris Pultz before our previous Wyuka walk:
One article suggested that from a legal standpoint:
a) A gravestone is a work of art and therefore copywritten
b) A cemetery plot is bought and paid for and therefore technically considered private property
c) photographers taking photos for personal enjoyment or artistic or historical purposes should be fine as long as you do not intend to profit financially from the use of headstone images
Official Website: http://flickr.com/groups/lincoln_nebraska
Added by sarah68508 on October 10, 2008
Comments
StevenL
"It is standard "rule" that photos from cemeteries may not be used for commercial purposes or profit without consent from the headstone artist AND family of the deceased."
By "rule", are you referring to copyright law? If so, somehow that doesn't sound right to me. I did an hour or so of searching on this, and found nothing to support this "rule", and one case referenced from a legal site that seems to contradict it. I also found hundreds and hundreds of stock photos of cemetery headstone photographs for sale from stock and micro stock sites, many for only twenty-five cents each. It may be that all these photographers have secured the proper permissions, but that would surprise me. I would be very interested in the article Chris mentioned previously, or any other reliable sources that could shed light on this rule, as I do have a few headstone photos I'm considering eventually printing for sale. Another question I had, regarding (b) above, the private property consideration of the cemetery plot... isn't that more of a trespass issue? Aren't many cemeteries considered public, even though the plots are private?... I really have no clue on that one. Photographs of private property are taken and sold all the time. If I take a photo of a fancy car in someone's driveway, then sell it, am I infringing on the owners copyright? The auto manufacturers? The auto designers? These copyright questions come up often, and just as often I find myself left with vague and indefinite answers... no worries about me for this event though, Sarah, as I've scrapped my plans to attend due to the possibility of bad weather. Have a great time y'all.