Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in New York
Publishing photos from the public domain
I was at a public event in New York. I took a video of the event and interviewed people in the video. It came out great and would love to sell it to other teachers. I do not have written permission from the participants in the video. Since it was a public event and they willingly spoke with me, can I sell the video? I have no way of contacting these people at this point.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Publishing photos from the public domain
If you are planning to profit from the sale of these photos, you cannot market a video with the depiction of these people without their permission.
Re: Publishing photos from the public domain
It depends on whether it is news, and whether you are doing it to make a profit, or sell a particular point of view. Generally under the NY Civil Rights law there are both criminal and civil penalties if you use someone's photograph in a publication, without permission.
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