Booked

Ronald has been asked by Richard to photograph the cover and a page from inside Richard’s book and send it as an attachment by email. Unfortunately, Ronald is caught in the act exposing the book in a photo booth.

A police: Hello, hello, hello. What have we here?

Ronald: Oh, officer. I’m just photographing these pages.

A police: You have permission from the author?

Ronald: I have, only his email is on my computer at home.

A police: A likely story. You have been caught in the act of photographing a book breaking copyright law with intention to…What was your intention?

Ronald: I was going to send the photographs to the author.

A police: Oh, get in the car.

Ronald: Can I just finish my hamburger?

A police: Get – in – the – car.

No photo

Scene 44 from an unfinished law movie script, My Cousin... Two lawyers, Bardalph (Ax wolf) and Vinnie (Conqueror) are discussing strategy for a coffee shop which has asked them for a notice to be put up inside.
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Bardalph: So the owner wants to charge a fee for photos taken inside?

Vinnie: Wonder why. The décor is crummy. No one in his right mind would want to mimic it.

Bardalph: Yeah, some choice. Fake leather sofa vs painted plywood bone-breaker uprights. Copyright? Ha! IKEA should quiver and shake!

Vinnie. Anyway, how shall we word this?

Bardalph: How about a sign, you know, red sticker on the wall, charge him two grand and be done with it?

Vinnie: Aaah. We can do better. Guy has six branches and is expanding.

Bardalph: You mean something like at the S-outfit. “The management reserves the right to refuse photographs to be taken on these premises” and stiff him for 10K usable at all branches?

Vinnie: Add “to protect the rights of individual privacy” and we can screw another two out of him.

Bardalph: Hey how about this? “The management reserves the right to refuse photographs to be taken and sketches to be drawn on these premises to protect the rights of individual privacy in public places.” Scare him into fearing photographers and pencilists. Charge him fifteen thou all up.

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