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ACNA has probably worked out an arrangement with him to get some promotional photographs (like this one) in exchange for allowing him to work at the events. If I had to guess, ACNA probably needs his permission, and the permission of the driver of that car in order to use that photograph. Soooo...ACNA would be the one that HAS to know.
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Any person can take any photo from any legal (public, allowed, own property) in general.
When we photoshoot any event, we require sole photographer status, which we rarely (but at times have to) enforce.
I do legally need approval to profit off someone in a photo for a non-editorial use, but that is a non issue in general with track photography as 99.9% of the time your customers are the subject of the photos, so their buying the image(s) obviously grants me permission to print or in other way sell the photo.
Editorial is totally difference, but you still need property owner permission, if the property isn't public, yours, etc. Sometimes, though rare, you need a permit from some towns, etc.
Mike S
Bringing Audi to Life for Audi Fans
The ACNA need no permission, nor does any publication (in the US) to print legally obtained photos in an editorial fashion.
Contrastingly, a photographer who was not legally on a property or in any way violated the rights of the renter or property owner( I.E. - Shooting and selling photos from an event we or another photographer has the rights to) can suffer legal recourse for selling or printing photos. Anyone pictured could also sue, as the photographer has no permission to be where they were and were essentially trespassing and violating track and event body rules at the time.
I had to chase four photographers out of Laguna Seca on Thur-Fri of this week and one at Willow the week before. Had to chase literally three out of Portland this past November and two the year before.
We shoot from coast to coast and country to country, 85-105 events per year. This type of pirate photography (never calling the organization, never talking to the track, never paying a vending or insurance fee, etc) is largely a West Coast problem. We've never, ever had this problem anywhere but the West Coast.
Cheers!
Mike S



