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Originally Posted by Karimala
I had the same rejection at DT last week for photos of graffiti spray painted on the side of a train. In this case, the issue was copyright/trademark infringement and they asked that I try to obtain a property release.
Imagine trying to get a property release from the "artists" who vandalized the train.  I'm going to resubmit them with a note explaining the "artwork" was created by an act of vandalism, and ask if it's protected under copyright/trademark law. Seems to me it would make sense that anything created during a criminal act can't be copyrighted or trademarked...but I could be wrong. |
Practically speaking you are right, although it is still art.
The only place that will most probably take it, is SS. DT would simply not. IS, maybe. 123RF, maybe. It also depends on inspectors mood, as you might be aware of. :-)
I can take thousands of graffiti photos, but only SS would take them. Wasted time for me. I do not want to work for peanuts any longer.