Wait “consent before you take a picture of somebody”? You have to ask first before photographing someone else’s cosplay in the US? I thought the laws in US allow taking pictures however you like, without consent required. I’m just curious about the legality in the US, in some European countries there is such a thing as “expectation of privacy”.
In the U.S. you can generally be recorded any place you don’t have a reasonable expectation to privacy (like in your home). This is probably just a convention rule to keep perverts from taking creep-shots. You would probably be asked to leave for photographing cosplayers without permission, but I don’t know of any law in any state that you would be breaking by photographing a person in a public space.
I’m not form the us but I see think the things here are:
You can photograph anyone in public places without consent. This is a private event
It might be just an etiquette thing. If you take a general photo and they are on it, you might not need consent. but if is specifically of them (specially half naked women), it’s rude to say the least
A convention space, while a public space, has convention rules. These rules came out of necessity over the past 25 years of nycc and were not always there.
If you pan over a crowd, no one is going to ban you. These rules are there for specific people who make the space feel unsafe and it feels like a lot of them showed up in this thread angry.
If the space doesn’t make it feel safe for cosplayers, cosplayers won’t show up.
In Japan its even more strict. The US just politely asks. No one owes anyone anything and just by dressing up, you’re not entitled to their picture in your phone.
Most people are fine with it.
Its the creeps who say things like I’m taking this for my spank bank or who try and angle an upskirt photo that are really the problem.
If youre smoking hot or have a really amazing cosplay or both, surely you’d get sick of people having their photo taken with you all day.
I mean, for several hours or so, great… but if you just want to hang out with your crew for a bit surely its ok to say “sorry I’m not doing photos right now.”
I don’t think anyone’s ever been upset at being in the background , but there have been cases of people trying to get upskirts or taking creep shots. I think that’s more what its about.
Even more than that, if you’ve put a significant amount of your time, energy, money and even identity into a creation, you want for the photos people take (and potentially share) of it to be ones where you have some degree of control over how it looks.
Maybe you cut a few corners on the side of a piece and only want to show it from the front, or maybe the makeup only really “works” if you’re making the right expression, that kind of thing. It’s a professional courtesy to allow cosplayers at a convention to choose how they pose, rather than unilaterally collect them without permission like a Pokemon.
Wait “consent before you take a picture of somebody”? You have to ask first before photographing someone else’s cosplay in the US? I thought the laws in US allow taking pictures however you like, without consent required. I’m just curious about the legality in the US, in some European countries there is such a thing as “expectation of privacy”.
Obviously keep your hands off.
They are just telling people how to have basic manners.
Unrelated Image for fun, Blessed Are the MeekIn the U.S. you can generally be recorded any place you don’t have a reasonable expectation to privacy (like in your home). This is probably just a convention rule to keep perverts from taking creep-shots. You would probably be asked to leave for photographing cosplayers without permission, but I don’t know of any law in any state that you would be breaking by photographing a person in a public space.
I’m not form the us but I see think the things here are:
A convention space, while a public space, has convention rules. These rules came out of necessity over the past 25 years of nycc and were not always there.
If you pan over a crowd, no one is going to ban you. These rules are there for specific people who make the space feel unsafe and it feels like a lot of them showed up in this thread angry.
If the space doesn’t make it feel safe for cosplayers, cosplayers won’t show up.
why are people once again confusing legality with morality
In Japan its even more strict. The US just politely asks. No one owes anyone anything and just by dressing up, you’re not entitled to their picture in your phone.
Most people are fine with it.
Its the creeps who say things like I’m taking this for my spank bank or who try and angle an upskirt photo that are really the problem.
If youre smoking hot or have a really amazing cosplay or both, surely you’d get sick of people having their photo taken with you all day.
I mean, for several hours or so, great… but if you just want to hang out with your crew for a bit surely its ok to say “sorry I’m not doing photos right now.”
I don’t think anyone’s ever been upset at being in the background , but there have been cases of people trying to get upskirts or taking creep shots. I think that’s more what its about.
Even more than that, if you’ve put a significant amount of your time, energy, money and even identity into a creation, you want for the photos people take (and potentially share) of it to be ones where you have some degree of control over how it looks.
Maybe you cut a few corners on the side of a piece and only want to show it from the front, or maybe the makeup only really “works” if you’re making the right expression, that kind of thing. It’s a professional courtesy to allow cosplayers at a convention to choose how they pose, rather than unilaterally collect them without permission like a Pokemon.
Legally, no. As part of the rules of the convention, yes.