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Germany Says Taking Photos Of Food Infringes The Chef's Copyright

Posted by samzenpus on from the eat-with-your-eyes-not-a-camera dept.

xPertCodert writes: According to this article in Der Welt (Google translate from German), in Germany if you take a picture of a dish in a restaurant without prior permission, you are violating chef's copyright for his creation and can be liable to pay a hefty fine. If this approach to foodporn will become universal, what will we put in our Instagrams? Techdirt reports: "Apparently, this situation goes back to a German court judgment from 2013, which widened copyright law to include the applied arts too. As a result, the threshold for copyrightability was lowered considerably, with the practical consequence that it was easier for chefs to sue those who posted photographs of their creations without permission. The Die Welt article notes that this ban can apply even to manifestly unartistic piles of food dumped unceremoniously on a plate if a restaurant owner puts up a notice refusing permission for photos to be taken of its food."

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  1. Re:Move it around first .... simple! by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    a derrivative work

    I had a later stage of the process in mind, but sure, that works too.

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  2. Enough is enough by savuporo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, everyone is fed up with the constant flood of instagrams and faceblogfucks of the burritos or squirrels you had for lunch today. German ingenuity just figured out the way to cull the flood. Copyright for the common cause !

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  3. A way to compete: Post a sign, "Photos Allowed." by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Basically, no photos will be allowed in a German restaurant because food might be in the photos.

    If I owned a restaurant in Germany, I would post a sign, "Photos Allowed."

  4. Stop smiling for photos by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Extending this logically - if someone takes a photograph of you smiling, your dentist can sue you for copyright infringement if you have any fillings that are visible in the picture. Well done, Germany. Only the English would have no fear.

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  5. Re:Why do some people want to prevent photography by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    To capture their soul and keep it imprisoned on the photograph.