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Feld is now upset that a photographer gave away and tagged companies in pictures. As they put it. They control who gets tagged in pictures from SX. You are allowed to tag riders but you cannot tag companies unless you are paid by said company. I find it hard to believe that a company would be upset with free advertising on social media.
Of course the companies don't mind! But Feld is nuts, it's not going to happen. Social media has destroyed
commercial photography to a large extent. All kinds of idiots shoot stuff and post it tagging companies
because for some jacked up reason they think it legitimizes their efforts. I mean I see stuff that is fully produced with a team just tagging companies freely. No, fool, you are giving away
your photography for free. But that's where we are at now; the toothpaste is out of the tube and it
ain't going back in anytime soon.
The Shop
FWIW this is not me
If a amatuer photog (not professionally shooting for mag or company) comes and takes pics from stands or from the floor and then tags Y and Z in pics providing them free advertising, what benefit would they have to continue to purchase advertising space from X business?
FWIW, I’d pull those pictures down ASAP. There’s some legal reprocussions that Feld would be happy to whip out. Not saying they would, but they would.
Basically you can take a picture of Ken Roczen and tag him but you can’t tag Honda or Fox or any other product he uses.
Re-reading the OP's post he says they just asked him to untag the companies not take down the photos if I'm correct? I think we misinterpreted what feld was trying to do. OP if you are trying to tag moto companies in your photos I'm sure you can look up if you have the right to do so. I think the difference would be if you were making money off the photos but I could be wrong.
Clean photos btw. Those are nice shots.
a fan cant take a pic of his/her favorite event/rider and post it?
i would think the tags are the issue
It's a bummer but I guess it is what it is. No company is going to use mine or his photos over someone like Cudby though. I really don't see the issue with it. Maybe one of the many pro photographers can explain why me shooting shit photos is detrimental to the careers of professional photographers.
It is Feld policy though, so there's not much any of us can really do about it. I think it's crap but oh well.
This is Feld's policy for those interested.
https://www.feldentertainment.com/faqs/
Pit Row
In one mans opinion, you pay to get in, you take as many pics as you want, and do whatever you want with them.
I mean, why not put a gag order on the back of the ticket also. Don't talk about the event for 7 days, I'm sure that would help some media types somewhere.
-Slipdog, non-esq
The way I would think I understand it, a photographer owns all rights to any photos he took. There may be model releases necessary to publish likenesses of professionals, but the rights belong to the photographer until he releases said rights.
Assuming the sanctioning body allowed the photographer into the building with his camera, and he was taking pictures in any area that he was allowed to photograph from, I don't see how Feld can claim any rights whatsoever to the photographer's work.
The photographer has no contract with Feld. There can be no trademark or copyright infringement as long as the photographer does not claim to be associated with "Monster Energy Supercross."
In short, "Go pound sand; I'm going to post and tag whatever the absolute F I want, since I paid to get in and you allowed me to bring a camera."
What happens if Austin Forkner reposts the photo, with credit, and tags Fox/Kawi/PC?
Also: my avatar was taken by J Reed. She’s baaaaad.
BTW photographers, there is a new technology that allows you to track and see who is using your photos illegally:
https://www.copytrack.com/
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