Photography and the Law?

The question is way too broad to answer properly.

Broadly in the UK and US you can take photographs of anyone/thing whilst in public.

There are exceptions such as military installations etc.

As the copyright owner of the photographs then again, you can do more or less what you want with those images.

In the UK there is no requirement in law for a model release.

In the US people think you need a release for virtually everything which includes people but that is not true and hence the reason you need to study a good book on the subject.

There are a number of books on the market to check out.

look through this lot - in amongst them are books on the law and photography

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-...

It depends where you are in the world & what freedoms you have in your country.

This is also a very broad question - do you mean in terms of taking images in public places? Generally speaking in the western world you can take photos of anyone in a public place - you do not need their permission, nor do you need their permission to publish those images provided they are not for commercial use. Self promotion (on a blog, online gallery or actual gallery) and editorial use (newspaper, magazine) are NOT commercial uses.

You cannot defame anyone in the image, or you risk litigation (by this I mean implying something that is not true about them, for example photographing someone outside a massage parlour & saying they were a customer when they weren't).

Also be aware that some places where the public have access (shopping malls, stations etc) are NOT public places, they are privately owned, so the landowner can make whatever rules they want to about photography.

Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography_and_the_l...

OIK, in that case, this http://www.sirimo.co.uk/2009/05/14/uk-photographer... takes a good look at the various acts that deal with photography.

The various terrorism and counter terrorism acts have led to some well publicized photographer bullying, Most major newspapers will have something in their archives on that.