Andrew G. Malis wrote:
IMHO (but then I?m not a lawyer, and esp. a German lawyer with regards to
this meeting),
Obviously not.
hotel function rooms are public places,
Nope, hotel rooms are *no* public places.
and you?re in as much danger of having your photo taken and
published as you are in any other public place, such as on the street.
How can newspapers publish crowd shots if they need permission
of everyone in the photo?
The problem isn't the taking of photos, but the publication
of photoes without permission of the folks on the photos.
Whenever folks on the photoes become easily identifiable,
a permission might be required before publication.
http://www.out-law.com/page-4663
-Martin