Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 12/3/98 11:01:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, hmcclary@earthlink.net writes: > however, if the owner of the property asks you to leave you must then > leave and quit shooting on premisis or open yourself up to a possible > law suit. What you shot up till asked to leave is ok. Harrison, I do not agree with your prior statement. I believe that if you are on private property, it is common sense that you know you should not be there in the first place without permisssion. Publication of any photo without the consent of the owner of the grounds where you stand would seem to me as trespassing on his/her rights to privacy. Now, if you would take the shot from a fence outside the property with a "standard" lens which, is commonly referred to as approximating the angle and length of human sight...that could be a different story:. 1) you are not physically trespassing on the property; 2) you are capturing what anybody's eyes could see from the same spot you are on. The state of California was about to pass a bill concerning photographing people (some refer to it as the "paparazzi" law) on private grounds with an article dedicated to the use of telphoto lens. I don't know if they have passed the bill yet. The photo-journalists were preparing a rebuttle on this bill. As all laws are subject to interpretation...one should be utterly careful about his or her own interpretation. Respectfully, Francois