Syvanpera Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Are there any restrictions about showing car registration plates? Should they be blurred or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Yates Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I recently had the image below fail for noticeable retouching. I considered the number plates to be quite prominent and blurred them out. From older threads on this subject I believe the onus is on the picture buyer to make the decision to blur or not to blur. I removed the blurring and re submitted the image. Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Are there any restrictions about showing car registration plates? Should they be blurred or something? Just check the box saying the image needs a property release and then check the box that says you don't have one. Make the image RM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Are there any restrictions about showing car registration plates? Should they be blurred or something? Just check the box saying the image needs a property release and then check the box that says you don't have one. Make the image RM. Do we really need a PR for car number plates? I have never obliterated them or ticked the box for "needs PR". Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syvanpera Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Thanks for the replies, useful info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Do we really need a PR for car number plates? For the number plate as such? no For the car? yes.....even if you 'own' the car, you don't 'own' the Intellectual Property in the car (design/logo etc). It's the IP that's the property that needs the release km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 The ASMP in the US (American Society of Media Photography) used to be the last word on these matters. They are less influential these days, as most unions and other advisory groups are. http://asmp.org/tutorials/using-property-releases.html#.UdLigxbuK61 I suggest you read the second paragraph in this piece; that is what I consider important out in the real world. When Alamy asks me "Does this image need a property release?" they are asking me to act as if I were an IP lawyer. I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Perhaps if one reads 'might' for 'should'. As Ed, I think, has said before, it has never been litigated on to ASMP's knowledge and if an American lawyer hasn't found a way in there may not be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Do we really need a PR for car number plates? For the number plate as such? no For the car? yes.....even if you 'own' the car, you don't 'own' the Intellectual Property in the car (design/logo etc). It's the IP that's the property that needs the release km Thank you km, I did know about PR for the vehicles themselves. It was just the way the thread was going that it sounded as though a PR might be needed for number plates. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I would imagine that 'personalised' number plates would need a PR.......they are, in themselves, objects of value I err on the side of caution....just about any image i make contains some form of property....i always tick 'yes a release is needed' and the 'no release is available' boxes km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jenkins Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I struggle to understand WHY it should be necessary to 'blur' something we see every day in their loads, and forget seconds later - are we paraniod. I agree witk Keith - if it is a personal plate (and possibly illegal!!) then err on the side of caution but even then - just tick it as needing a PR (for commercial purposes) and state you don't have one. For the car and the personal plate are then accounted for. nj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Edwards Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I'm assuming the issue is not that of ip as (said above) the number plate is nothing to do with property, it's more a case of identifying the person. This in which case begs the Question. Do you blur every face in an image or do you just tick, needs a model release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Most of the time, I would alter the number on the plate. It is easy to turn an 8 into a 6 or a 3 to 8. But usually that is the least of issues I am concerned with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The only time i've blurred a car number plate (and it was at the request of Alamy) was for a news photo for a story about illegal parking ..... otherwise, never... km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I have blurred out the plate of a car passing through a speed trap. I wanted to avoid anything implied by the shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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