I am the master of my image! (putting limits on other photographers)
I have now decided that henceforth I will wield ultimate control over the use of my image.
Surely if Paris' Eiffel Tower and Chicago's Millennium Park can be copyrighted, and thus ban public photography of them, then I should be able to copyright my own person.
This is one usage of this sort of maneuver that photographers could actually benefit from, since most photographers seem to particularly dislike having thier photo taken by other people.
But I wonder if my mother would then be able to issue permits to take my photo. Not that she'd make a lot of money at it, I'm afraid. But considering she's more or less responsible for my existence (as well as my late father), she could probably claim some artist's rights.
And perhaps those religious would have to petition God for a permit, I suppose, since most people of faith would consider God to have been my artistic creator. I wonder if there's any evidence in religious documents of God dictating anything akin to copyright on any natural wonders... I'm sure some Bible literalist could make a case of that.
It's a pretty complicated issue. (Unless of course you're BoingBoing or something.)
photo of a photo of the Eiffel Tower at night taken by Joanie K. in September 1984
Fast Company Now - Eiffel Tower: Repossessed
"The Eiffel Tower's likeness had long since been part of the public domain, when in 2003, it was abruptly repossessed by the city of Paris. That's the year that the SNTE, the company charged with maintaining the tower, adorned it with a distinctive lighting display, copyrighted the design, and in one feel swoop, reclaimed the nighttime image and likeness of the most popular monument on earth. In short: they changed the actual likeness of the tower, and then copyrighted that. As a result, it's no longer legal to publish current photographs of the Eiffel Tower at night without permission. Technically, this applies even to amateurs."
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