Photography question, legal stuff
 

What does the law say about taking pics of say, a coke bottle and then to sell it? I mean, not the coke bottle somewhere in the background, but it being the main focus. Or a camera picture on a webdesign, if I take a picture of my own camera (with another camera dumbass), and place it into a design of a tour where the 'logo' is visible or it's clear what camera it is etc etc.

Basically making money of pictures of another companys product.
'stock art' kinda way.

totally illegal without the permission of the trademark owner.

What he said. Plus if you use it in porn you are in deeper trouble.

Once shot a set in a bar, took us an hour to reverse all the bottles.

Just making sure :)
So basically everything trademarked should be cropped out of the image?
Where does the line go?

A girl wearing adidas clothes?
Girl in 'some known' victorias secret lingerie?
Sitting on a designer sofa?
Making dinner on a 'Braun' stove?

just do it

Posing on a ferrari?
posing as a photographer and using a canon camera?
etc etc?

How about at a car show, I take a pic of a ferrari on a display? Can I resell that image?

I don't even have a decent camera, I'm just asking what is and is not allowed. :)
I *maybe* starting a new hobby in a few years when I find some time...

in other words no picture taking for you.

You have the law and you have the interpretation of it. Your questions follow the logic behind "fair use"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

wikipedia.org great site, didn't know about it until the other day

i have written articles there lol.
I also have a certain domain mentionedl there in one article which I didn't submit myself. :)

Thanks for useful link to wikipedia.org. :thumbsup
good topic!

This is a very serious topic. Some of you would probably like to discuss it with him off the board.

Hold on one second and I will post his phone number...

thanks holly :)

I also forgot to mention that you should call him later in the evenings. That's the time he prefers to take calls.