Photographing meals - intellectual property theft?
Apr 8, 2014, 5:59 am
#31
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Have you noticed chefs bark at foreigners for taking photos in Japan? There are plenty of restaurants where the chef's holier-than-thou reputation precedes him, which would include getting disgruntled for whatever reason with non-Japanese speakers.
In a similar vein, at a few restaurants in China, my Chinese counterparts took plenty of photos of their meals, but when I did it I suddenly entered scorn city.
Regardless of these instances, I've had more success overseas than with UA...
In a similar vein, at a few restaurants in China, my Chinese counterparts took plenty of photos of their meals, but when I did it I suddenly entered scorn city.
Regardless of these instances, I've had more success overseas than with UA...
Apr 8, 2014, 10:42 am
#32
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LOL, no I've never been given a hard time for taking pictures of food here, but then again I'm not a big food picture taker anyway. Usually it's whoever I'm on a date with doing it, who is Japanese so perhaps passes the muster being worthy. Pretty much the only time I do it is in premium classes when flying or something really unusual in other countries.
Apr 8, 2014, 11:58 am
#33
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I don't think the OP wrote the article in question. That said, your statement "theft and IP are two different things" is a little confusing. No one said they were synonymous. But misappropriation of trade secrets -- a form of intellectual property theft -- is a legally recognized concept in the eyes of the law. But only chefs seem to believe it's occurring when a diner takes a photograph of a meal.
Apr 8, 2014, 12:17 pm
#34
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While I don't see the need to ban the photographing of food (as it's just ridiculous); if the owner of any private property wishes to ban all photography within the premises then they are free to do so.
Also (in the UK at least) there is a big difference between taking a photograph of something for private use, and taking a photograph of something for commercial use.
Also (in the UK at least) there is a big difference between taking a photograph of something for private use, and taking a photograph of something for commercial use.
Apr 12, 2014, 10:38 am
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Well, I got back a few days ago from about 5 days in Florence and Rome. In honor of this thread I photographed about every course of every meal. No one said a word I should add.