Comments on: New toy http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/ The monkey with the keyboard! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:11:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: daniels http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34825 daniels Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:17:21 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34825 @Sven: No, not really. Privacy laws only really cover actual intrusions of your _privacy_ (e.g. if someone breaks into your house or uses a 1200mm lens to shoot pictures of you through the window). If you're in a (semi)public place, then in most countries, you have no implied right to privacy, and the only recourse you have is when it gets to harassment (public), or when you get thrown out (semi-public). @Sven: No, not really. Privacy laws only really cover actual intrusions of your _privacy_ (e.g. if someone breaks into your house or uses a 1200mm lens to shoot pictures of you through the window). If you’re in a (semi)public place, then in most countries, you have no implied right to privacy, and the only recourse you have is when it gets to harassment (public), or when you get thrown out (semi-public).

]]> By: Sven http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34805 Sven Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:36:12 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34805 I am not a lawyer but I don't believe that your statement is true. There are privacy laws in almost all countries and they typically grant you a right on your own image. As a photographer you may have the right to take the photograph, but you don't have the right to publish it or license it so that others can publish it. That clearly violates the privacy of the person who is subject of your photograph. I am not a lawyer but I don’t believe that your statement is true. There are privacy laws in almost all countries and they typically grant you a right on your own image. As a photographer you may have the right to take the photograph, but you don’t have the right to publish it or license it so that others can publish it. That clearly violates the privacy of the person who is subject of your photograph.

]]> By: daniels http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34801 daniels Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:12:14 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34801 @Remm: The f/1.8 has the advantage of being approximately eleven thousand times cheaper than the f/1.4. It's still a hell of fun lens. @Lucas: It's like €80! Do it! @Remm: The f/1.8 has the advantage of being approximately eleven thousand times cheaper than the f/1.4. It’s still a hell of fun lens.

@Lucas: It’s like €80! Do it!

]]> By: Emmanuele Bassi http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34800 Emmanuele Bassi Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:10:26 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34800 @anonymous: GPL? it's unclear to me how a photo is a program *or* a library; can I invoke it from the terminal? or have an API I can use from another application? @davyd: yes, ross is our homeboy. @anonymous: GPL? it’s unclear to me how a photo is a program *or* a library; can I invoke it from the terminal? or have an API I can use from another application?

@davyd: yes, ross is our homeboy.

]]> By: James Henstridge http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34793 James Henstridge Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:01:25 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34793 @Anonymous: perhaps he doesn't want Virgin Mobile to use his photos in their advertising campaigns: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/virgin-sued-for-using-teens-photo/2007/09/21/1189881735928.html @Anonymous: perhaps he doesn’t want Virgin Mobile to use his photos in their advertising campaigns:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/virgin-sued-for-using-teens-photo/2007/09/21/1189881735928.html

]]> By: Davyd http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34767 Davyd Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:27:29 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34767 At first I assumed that your new toy was Ross. At first I assumed that your new toy was Ross.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34760 Anonymous Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:56:37 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34760 As always with creative commons licensing, I have to ask: why NC? Why not BY-SA, or GPL? As always with creative commons licensing, I have to ask: why NC? Why not BY-SA, or GPL?

]]> By: Remm http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34747 Remm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:18:20 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34747 Too bad the lens has that bad bokeh, but the lens is still great for the price. If you're buying a 50mm from Canon rather than getting one from someone, I'd recommend to get the 50/1.4 instead. Too bad the lens has that bad bokeh, but the lens is still great for the price. If you’re buying a 50mm from Canon rather than getting one from someone, I’d recommend to get the 50/1.4 instead.

]]> By: Lucas Rocha http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34744 Lucas Rocha Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:41:44 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34744 I want one of those! I want one of those!

]]> By: robster http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34743 robster Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:39:45 +0000 http://www.robster.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/new-toy/#comment-34743 @Sven: Interesting point. In many countries the right to privacy for the subject of a photograph is non-existant. Since I was the individual who took the photographs I hold the copyright for said photographs and can license them as I see fit. If Ross had objected to my taking this photograph and putting it on my blog I would have taken it down. However I think he's flattered. @Sven:

Interesting point. In many countries the right to privacy for the subject of a photograph is non-existant. Since I was the individual who took the photographs I hold the copyright for said photographs and can license them as I see fit.

If Ross had objected to my taking this photograph and putting it on my blog I would have taken it down. However I think he’s flattered.

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