I might 'sack' this and go into cakes!

[mrs maggot]

Our tesco, has a sign up with its cakes saying that they can put personal photos on, if not rude, and can put certain other disney etc designs on, these are in a book, presumably tesco / asda etc have paid for them to be used, so thats why they can, but i agree with some of the cake shops i think a lot of people are ignorant of copy right issues, i have been at an event all weekend, where t shirts were for sale with a reworked version of a famous marvel cartoon character - but its still the character, and they were done by a woman who runs her own art studio and argues that no one from marvel was likely to find out - so what the hell

[Matt Quinn]

...done by a woman who runs her own art studio and argues that no one from marvel was likely to find out - so what the hell

She should google three simple terms: corbis getty "ja coles" - All it takes is one little 'phone call and her 'art studio' has a serious problem!

[Lee]

Interesting reading

As far as I can see then, you are safe if you buy a licence, so if you buy an image from of a popstar through a website selling commercial images, you are ok to use that, but if you snap them yourself, you're probably not safe to use it!!! Hmmm.... tis confusing this world!

[Matt Quinn]

Interesting reading

As far as I can see then, you are safe if you buy a licence, so if you buy an image from of a popstar through a website selling commercial images, you are ok to use that, but if you snap them yourself, you're probably not safe to use it!!! Hmmm.... tis confusing this world!

- Yes you do need a licence to use any image; and you need to be careful to understand the limitations of that licence and ensure you're buying it from a legitimate source.

Snapping a pop star? Well; If they're in a public place they can have no reasonable expectation of privacy. the image is yours to do with as you please no matter how much they bleat. (and they DO bleat!) However the term a 'public place' in this context does NOT necessarily (or usually) include privately owned places to which the public are granted access under terms and conditions... Such as at a concert. Usually those T&Cs specifically exclude photography and try to claim copyright on any that does occur.

There are certain performers who are regularly told where to stick their press invites as a result!

However - In many cases if you HAD taken such a picture you wouldn't be sued for breach of copyright (you'd still HAVE a rights interest in the images) but breach of contract.