Full Description
Photographers and publishers of photographs enjoy a wide range of legal rights including freedom of expression and of publication. They have a right to create and publish photographs. They may invoke their intellectual, moral and property rights to protect and enforce their rights in their created and/or published works. These rights are not absolute. This book analyses the various legal restrictions and prohibitions, which may affect these rights.
Photography and the Law investigates the legal limitations faced by professional and amateur photographers and photograph publishers under Irish, UK and EU Law. Through an in-depth discussion of the personal rights of the public, including the right not to be harassed, the book gives a clear analysis of the current legal standpoint on the relationship between privacy and freedom of expression. Additionally, the book looks at the reconciliation of photographers' rights with the state's interest in public security and defence, alongside the enforcement of ethical and moral codes. Comparative legal standing in the European Union is used as a springboard to further analyse Irish and UK statutes and case law, including recent reforms and current proposals for future change. The book ends with pertinent suggestions of the necessary reforms and enactments required to rebalance the relationship between the personal rights of individuals, the state's duties and the protection of photographers' and photograph publishers' rights.
By clearly explaining the theoretical and conceptual reasoning behind the current law, alongside proposed reforms, the book will be a useful tool for any student or academic interested in photography law, privacy and media law, alongside professional and amateur photographers and photograph publishers.
Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Legal Rights of Photographers and Photograph Publishers
2.1) Introduction
2.2) Rights: Their Origin and Types
2.3) Right of Freedom of Expression
2.4) Development of Photographers' and Photograph Publishers' Rights
2.5) Brief Conclusions
Chapter Three: Photographers' and Photograph Publishers' Rights under Copyright Law
3.1) Introduction
3.2) Development of Photographers' and Photograph Publishers' Rights under Copyright Law
3.3) Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
3.3.1) Statutory Recognition of Copyright as a Property Right
3.3.2) Statutory Definitions relevant to Copyright in Photographs
3.3.3) Originality in an Artistic Work and the Subsistence of Copyright
3.3.4) Copyright does not subsist in Ideas, Infringing Works or Copies of Made-available Works
3.3.5) Author of a Photograph and First Owner of Copyright .../Part contents
