Re: [photography_beginners] Re: Taking pictures in public places

Were these crafters' booths? If they were then they were most likely concerned with other crafters taking photos of their designs then copying them. It is unlikely that they would go to the effort to sue they would probably just get hostile and tell you to leave. But, it is their creative work and there would not be much difference between photographing their creations or photographing any other piece of art or copyrighted item.

Lyell

--- In photography_beginners@yahoogroups.com, "lindab" <lindabalon@...> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I was at Venice Beach yesterday and some of the vendors had signs in their booth that said "no pictures or video taping". This is a public beach and boardwalk. While there were no booths I that had these signs that had anything of interest to me to photograph and, I would still respect their wishes, could someone get in trouble if they did photograph something in the booth? Along Venice Boardwalk, many of the vendors aren't required to have a license to sell.
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> Thanks
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