Question: Photos + Facebook

[kiwi]

odille, you surely mean that it's not a public place. Just because public are in it does not mean it's public

I assume the club is prvately owned, that there may be a cost to enter and almost certainly there are conditions of entry

[ricktas]

You only need model releases if you are using it for advertising ( ie selling a product ). Otherwise it is just an editorial photo of someone at an event. If the venue is happy for you to be shooting there they dont have a case to answer for.

Ah, yes, but I would not want to test this in Court. The facebook page would at the least have the venue's name and most likely have lists of up-coming events etc. A court could easily see the facebook page as advertising. I would. Facebook to me is just a viral marketing technique disguised as social networking.

[kiwi]

It's highly unlikely this will be tested in court anytime soon, just too expensive for either party, in the meanwhile laissez faire


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[Longshots]

OK - first to be specific, this is not a public place.

Public have access to it. But its privately owned.

If I were the manager/owner of the hotel, I would just for additional protection, add into their terms and conditions of entry to their establishment (yep they would have T&C as well ! ), that as part of the their entry conditions that photography does take place as is posted to their FB page.

However, saying that, I for one would not really be too impressed to have (isnt this ironic !), to have a photograph taken if I did not want it taken, and I cant imagine a bigger disincentive to visit this particular hotel - sorry have to give you some honest feedback here.

Its one thing to walk around and ask if people want their picture taken within an entertainment establishment, and quite another to do it without asking. No offence meant at your entrepreneurial spirit, but I do consider that to be a tad off Sorry.

[Scotty72]

I imagine you would have no more liability that a newspaper would have for publishing photos of a news event; after all, you are simply publishing a form of photo journal. As long as the image in question is not used for commerical advantage (by the way, that still entitles you to charge for the image - ie the media - but not claim that person x endorses something), you will be good.

The night-club manager on the other hand may be dirty on you if customers feel worried that their private affairs are being made public - as customers would aviod the place.

Scotty