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grow.  Take the 2-minute tour ×  Say, someone snaps a picture of
me. Do I own the rights to it? Or is it the photographer?  My
intent is to find out for U.S. but a plethora of in-depth
answers is very helpful!  share|improve this question This is
generally locale dependent - where are you? –  rfusca Jul 22 '12
at 18:24 United States____ –  dcc Jul 22 '12 at 22:46 Need to
know what state you're in as well. –  Derrick Coetzee Jul 22 '12
at 23:58 Wow, it's complicated. I'm in WA. –  dcc Jul 23 '12 at
22:39  2 Answers 2  Under Canadian Law, not sure about other
jurisdictions, a photo can be published as long as; 1) consent
is given or 2) it was taken in a public place or a place with no
expectation of privacy. For example... at the beach no problem
to take it and publish it, (no expectation of privacy). Through
a privacy fence in another persons back yard... not allowed, (an
expectation