Another issue is capturing copyright or trademarked material. If you take a photograph of a Mickey Mouse statue, you may not have the legal right to sell that photograph.
Is there a law against taking photos at a concert or sports event and selling them?
I don't know either way. I'd normally be with kragen on this, but... I have become cynical enough that I wouldn't be surprised if the sports leagues had gotten laws passed about it.
Does anyone know?
There are laws around photography in public spaces, usually around being a pain in the ass and harassment or malice, but in a private space it’s up to the entity controlling the space.
probably if you violate those conditions of entry, what you're facing is a suit for damages for breach of contract. if you uploaded your photos to wikipedia that doesn't make the wikimedia foundation liable the way they would be if there was a copyright being violated or an invasion of privacy, so the breach of contract suit may not be very useful to the plaintiff
they're working on it: https://www.wipo.int/podcasts/en/ip-matters/transcripts/ip-m...
They can make your access contingent on agreeing to their terms. Even if the venue is publicly owned. So buying a ticket to a concert at, say, Red Rocks, which is owned by the city of Denver, doesn't automatically entitle you to be able to record the performance.
So, what if you don't buy a ticket and, instead, setup a camera with a parabolic mic and telephoto lens from public space outside the venue? You still don't have the copyright for the music or this performance of it. So you can't go selling videos of concert.
Now, I suppose it could become criminal in some cases. For instance, if you're trespassing somewhere you don't have a right to be, or if it rises to the level of criminal copyright infringement.
Don't get me wrong, I think what ULA is doing here is dumb. But I think it's legal.
(IANAL)
yes, i'm pretty sure what ula is doing is legal