[LibraSnake]

I was having a chat with one of the regulars in my parents pub the other day and he asked this question...

"Why is it that a complete stranger can take a photograph of you and without any kind of permission publish it on internet sites such as facebook?"

It stemmed from that I took some pictures of the Millwall RFC Veterans when they came in for breakfast, and then I posted them on facebook so they could all see them as I saw it as the easiest way. I showed the guy mentioned above the pics as he hadn't seen them yet and he asked me to remove the one of him cos he didn't like it and was not happy about not being previously informed that they were going online. I naturally assumed that in this day and age he would know that would happen.

It is a very small percentage of people that feel this way, else I would have to go round thousands of people at gigs when I take a big crowd shot LOL.

I think the question is of rights... rights of the subject and the rights of the photographer... I did bring up the paparazzi and the fact that they take and publish pics of people without their permission and he pointed out that he thought they were the scum of the earth LOL

I hope some of you can clear up this matter as he is really interested to know.

Thanks guys