No photo of a photo allowed?

[NYDisneyKid]

Never knew this but was told by a TM as I was trying to take a pic of the monitor that posts a photo of you on the ride that you cant do this. Told him Disney lets you, at least I see them doing it on EE. Sure,,,US wants you to spend $$ on one of theirs.

 

[tfoster]

On our last two trips, we actually bought several WDW pictures for decently reasonable prices (for a theme park anyway!). How much do they charge for them at Universal?

 

[DisneyTampa]

It's true, Disney lets you take a pic of a pic but Universal won't allow it because the pictures are "copyrighted".

 

[Bradsdadg]

I dont see the big deal with this one, you can view it and decide if you want to buy it. If everyone takes a picture of theirs, they wouldn't sell any.

 

[Tay N Evie's Mom]

We were just at Cedar Point and they won't let you take pictures of the monitors either. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before Disney stops too.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

we should copyright ourselves

 

[NYDisneyKid]

It's true, Disney lets you take a pic of a pic but Universal won't allow it because the pictures are "copyrighted".

if that be the case then taking pictures of anything in the park would be copyrighted.Heck,the whole park is copyrighted if you think about it. God forbid all the pics that have been taken in Harry Potter town already. "citizen's arrest,citizen's arrest".

 

[disney11fan]

we should copyright ourselves

that's the best answer yet. if disney could charge for every step you took on there pavement...they would. if they would drop the price a bit ...they would sell alot more of them.

 

[phamton]

The photos are from a private vendor not owned by Universal. I think Disney owns their photos.

 

[SignMeUp]

I had a hard time doing it at Disney this past trip. I had never thought to do that before, but read a post on the DIS where someone else suggested it and thought that sounded like a great idea. I was only able to do it at RnR and when I tried at Buzz, the CM kept purposefully getting in my way and gave me a very disapproving look. After that, I didn't try it again. After we got home I uploaded my pics to the Photopass website and made a photobook, including the RnR pic I had taken. They removed the pic, canceled my order, and told me that it was in violation of their "terms and agreements." So I guess people do it at Disney, but you must have to be sneaky about it and you can't use it in any photopass products.

 

[WWEDUDE]

I really don't see how it is a big deal.

It is a service that Universal offers, and they show you a preview of the item you can buy. Just because they show you a preview of the item does entitle you to it.

But that is just my opinion..

 

[ChrisFL]

At least on Test Track, the monitors now have text that comes up on the screen to *hopefully* prevent people from just snapping photos of their on-ride one.

 

[WWEDUDE]

At least on Test Track, the monitors now have text that comes up on the screen to *hopefully* prevent people from just snapping photos of their on-ride one.

Universal uses these too

 

[SKWDW]

They should let people snap away since the resolution on those "picture of a picture being displayed on a distant monitor" shots come out pretty bad.

Seeing my shots like that is what convinced me to buy a few of the official pics.

 

[dqpowell]

It's true, Disney lets you take a pic of a pic but Universal won't allow it because the pictures are "copyrighted".

You misunderstand copyright law. The copyright on any photo is the photographer's copyright or the company employing the photographer. (It usually doesn't matter what's in the photo, though there are rare exceptions.) It doesn't matter if it's a photo of you; the photographer owns the copyright.

So when you take a photo of a photo, you are violating the photographer's copyright on the original photo.

we should copyright ourselves [...] if that be the case then taking pictures of anything in the park would be copyrighted. Heck,the whole park is copyrighted if you think about it. God forbid all the pics that have been taken in Harry Potter town already. "citizen's arrest,citizen's arrest".

Another misunderstanding of the law. Again, remember that the copyright is owned by the photographer. When you take a photo of something in the WWoHP, you own the copyright to that photo, not Universal. However, because you are taking photos of trademarked material, you are limited in what you can subsequently do with that photo.

I won't bore you with the details here. The main point is that taking a photo of the photos at the ride exits is indeed copyright infringement.

Disney seems to be more relaxed about enforcement. Sometimes individual CMs do something about it, sometimes they don't. But I wouldn't be surprised if they take more aggresive steps in the future.

Dave

 

[Mtnman44]

Strikes me as incredibly greedy to worry about people taking a silly cellphone picture of the screen. If they charged a more reasonable price, people would pay it. $1.00 or $2.00 to have it emailed or MMS'ed to you would be very popular.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

You misunderstand copyright law. The copyright on any photo is the photographer's copyright or the company employing the photographer. (It usually doesn't matter what's in the photo, though there are rare exceptions.) It doesn't matter if it's a photo of you; the photographer owns the copyright.

So when you take a photo of a photo, you are violating the photographer's copyright on the original photo.



Another misunderstanding of the law. Again, remember that the copyright is owned by the photographer. When you take a photo of something in the WWoHP, you own the copyright to that photo, not Universal. However, because you are taking photos of trademarked material, you are limited in what you can subsequently do with that photo.

I won't bore you with the details here. The main point is that taking a photo of the photos at the ride exits is indeed copyright infringement.

Disney seems to be more relaxed about enforcement. Sometimes individual CMs do something about it, sometimes they don't. But I wouldn't be surprised if they take more aggresive steps in the future.

Dave

yet you can buy a DVD and thats copyrighted. its for home use only as i would think snapping a pic of a pic is for my own use as well.

 

[damo]

It is chaotic enough in there without everyone stopping to take a picture of their picture.

 

[dqpowell]

yet you can buy a DVD and thats copyrighted. its for home use only as i would think snapping a pic of a pic is for my own use as well.

How are you missing the distinction here?

A DVD is copyrighted. As you point out, you can BUY a DVD. The copyright holder is being compensated (with money) for your personal use of that DVD.

The photo of you yelling and throwing your arms in the air on one of the rides at Universal Orlando is also copyrighted. You can BUY that as well; the money you pay compensates the copyright holder for your personal use of that photo. However, when you "snap a pic" of that copyrighted photo "for your own use," you are not compensating the copyright holder for that use. That's why it is (according to copyright law) stealing.

David

 

[La2kw]

I always figured it was kind of like stealing to take a picture of the on ride pic if I wasn't buying it.