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Like Julia Roberts and a growing number of celebrity parents, Kate Hudson is not at all comfortable with her son being photographed. As we know the paparazzi seem to be willing to go to any length to get photos of celebrities, and in a worrisome trend, their children, sometimes resorting to dangerous tactics to get them.
Kate Hudson, mom to son Ryder with former husband rocker Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, wants the government to pass a law keeping the paparazzi from photographing celebrity kids without parental consent. I for one am all for it. I have to give the daycare permission to take pics of my son--I had to sign something authorizing this. It's not an unusual request at all in schools or daycares to get written parental permission in order to have photographs taken of children.
Says Hudson, "It bothers me. It bothers my parents...it's aggressive, it's bizarre and it makes {Ryder} self-conscious." Kate's parents are veteran star Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson (although she was essentially raised by Goldie's partner Kurt Russell, whom she considers a father), who probably had to deal with similar issues when Kate was small. Nothing like the grand scale of what's happening today.
Frankly, considering the paparazzi will do whatever it takes, legal or dangerous or otherwise, I'm not sure what a law would do. I think if people stopped buying tabloid magazines filled with pics of these children the paparazzi would turn their attention elsewhere. After all, they get paid to take those pics, and the people paying them to do so are the ones responsible for these rag mags.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
2-18-2008 @ 3:21PM
Marcia said...I don't understand why people purchase tabloids in the first place. If you want to sift through it, do it while you're in line at the grocery store. I never buy those things. I glance at the covers to see who they're picking on now, but that's as far as it goes.
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2-18-2008 @ 4:27PM
Cathy said...I don't buy the tabloids. Celebrities need to stop courting the paparazzi. I think the paps should chase sexual predators and other criminals. Let the world watch the every move of those who need supervision.
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2-18-2008 @ 10:29PM
Brian Burns said...First, the paparazzi suck. No doubt. And I empathize for those celebrities and am glad I am not in that spot.
Daycares get permission because they are a business. It is not uncommon for business to use those photos for publicity purposes, and since most of suer are not notable celebrities, we might be entitled to compensation for that use.
Commercial use of photos with identifiable people generally requires compensation unless the publisher has a waiver. Celebrities and people of notable stature are generally exempted from compensation issue as they are newsmakers. You could argue that their childern are not newsmakers, but that could be a tough call.
In the US you can take photos of anything you want from any public place. Streets, sidewalks, parks, etc are all considered public. Private property owners can prohibit photos taken on their property, but they can not prohibit photos of the property from a public space. The only exceptions are some national security installations and some nuclear facilities. Unless you are in a place where your have a reasonable expectation of privacy - inside your home, restrooms, or dressing rooms your photo is wide open.
If we start regulating who can be photographed, it will affect us 'normals' more than you think. For example, say we prohibited photography of children other than your own, a common request. Any photos you took in public that had someone elses kid in it could be a violation. I am looking at a gorgeous photo of my son at a water park right now. There are 4 other children clearly identifiable in the background - but I have no idea who they are. Can you imagine getting releases signed for people attending your kids birthday party? What would you do if a parent refuses?
I';m not trying to be alarmist, but photographers rights are a big issue.
If I had to worry about other kids I could almost never get great shots of my two boys. And I love those shots - my photos are my most treasured material possession.
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