Generally, folks in the US have no problem shooting gravestones and this is actually quite common in cemeteries where "unique" epitaphs are found. Anything you shoot from public land (if you are able to be on public land) is generally fair game so long as persons photographed have no reasonable expectation of privacy (e.g. clearly visible to passers by). The common lands, roads and paths within a private cemetery are the property of the owner(s) of the cemetery, and they are the ones you should speak regarding photographs of gravestones within their fences. While I'm sure there are some somewhere who will object, I've never run into them. The sayings on the gravestones belong to the authors, and the rights to the statues, etc. belong to the artist. Your photograph of these belongs to you, assuming that your photograph adds artistic value. This is pretty loose and generally means that you can take and show the shot as you like (on the net, etc.), but you can't make other use of the unique phrases themselves. I'm sure there are some bizarre jurisdictions where the above is not true. Regards, Bob... From: "Gregory david Stempel" <fyrframe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Can someone enlighten me on the laws pertaining to showing grave stones with > the names of the deceased clearly obvious, on the net or any other public > venue??
