legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79605 posts
Wed Jan-12-22 10:16 AM
"If I took a photo of a rapper can I put it on a shirt and sell it? "
I have rolls and rolls of film and photos of rappers and DJ’s from back in the day.
back in college we worked for the college paper as a hustle to get back stage at shows so I have photos of a lot of rappers and groups who used to slide through VA and DC.
Could make for some good tshirts and maybe a photo book.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79605 posts
Wed Jan-12-22 11:21 AM
3. "damn.. but I think the Chang reference was a photo used from Flikr" In response to Reply # 1
These are photos I took as a fan or as a “photographer”
Gonna do some digging.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79605 posts
Wed Jan-12-22 11:22 AM
4. "why? what is the difference? " In response to Reply # 2
both images were photographed by me and would be sold for profit.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
And the answer is complicated. But it's the difference between "editorial use" and "commercial use". It's the reason why newspaper photographers don't need permission to publish photos but the same photographer with the same photo would need permission to put that photo on a mug or sweatshirt or, as some would argue, on the cover of that photo book.
This is outside my area of expertise but I think the answer is complicated and has a bunch of different factors. Like are the photos of the person in public (where they had no expectation of privacy) or in private. How much do you use any one artist in the photo book? etc.
If you have a lot of good pictures, I would put them together and shop them to a publisher, and let them deal with the issue.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79605 posts
Tue Jan-18-22 03:01 PM
18. "99% of the photos are on some “yo, Fat Joe.. let me get a photo real q..." In response to Reply # 17
and he throws up the peace sign while I snap a shot
or like Camp Lo who loved the camera and made sure I used all my damn film on them.
but I get what you are saying. Its not like I was doing drive by photos at coffee shops and shit. I’ll keep digging.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
5. "you can....and get sued too" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Jan-12-22 01:17 PM by tomjohn29
which even if you dont win or lose it will cost money which would defeat the purpose of selling the shirts ive worked on copyright cases where a celebs image was used to sell a t shirts by a photog simply filing the suit made the shirt selling going away legal fees >> t shirt sales
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79605 posts
Thu Jan-13-22 08:35 AM
12. "Is that Bruh Man in a wig? " In response to Reply # 9
He can’t spell…
lmao
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
13. "RE: If I took a photo of a rapper can I put it on a shirt and sell it? " In response to Reply # 0
what if you put your photo book out and I took copies of those photos and made my own t shirts and sold them? would that be legal?
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79605 posts
Tue Jan-18-22 01:10 PM
16. "I took the original photos so I’m not sure what your point is" In response to Reply # 13
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
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