Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, Eric, I said the same thing to my wife...it'll be deemed in violation of 1st amendment, BUT -- how many legit PJs will be sitting in jail and financially devastated until then? Will these folks be given restitution when/if it's repealed? Will the author(s) of said bill/law be criminally or civilly(sp?) convicted in favor of said photographers when/if the law is questioned? I think not.....PC has run rampant in this land.... I used to fight for the rights of victims, now I'm just trying to figure out how to become one! Cheers, Walt On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Eric Welch wrote: > >topic, what's the new law in California (!) about it being an > >invasion of privacy to stand on PUBLIC soil and "invade" privacy > >with a camera?> anybody heard this? the so-called "papparrazi" > >law? Oh, well, as usual, such ideas originate in CA and spread > >like leprosy over the country....... > > It's going to eventually be proven unconstitutional, but most photographers > are afraid of the lawyer costs to get it to the Supreme Court. Hope the CA > court is all the higher it has to go. > > You probably have to be using a telephoto lens to get arrested. That's how > poorly it's written. > > It is the dark side of political correctness, press bashing and left-wing > cow-towing to celebrities. It ends up penalizing not only those sleazoids > known as paparazzis, but legitimate photographers as well. Technically > anyone can be arrested for using a telephoto lens in public places. That's > how poorly written it is. > -- > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. >