Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]These rent-a-cops were pulling arguments out of a hat. Copyright protection from photography is _explicitly_ denied to architects by U.S. law, so "protecting the copyright of the architects" makes no sense at all. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert & Lee Kanner" <kanner@acm.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 09:04 Subject: Re: [Leica] photography in stores, malls, etc. > And an outdoor mall, yet! It would be interesting to ask a local > lawyer what would happen if you just told the rent-a-cop to go screw > himself. > > Herb > > Original message----------------------------------------------------------- > we have a new, upscale outdoor mall here in bombingham, the summit, which > is suited just perfectly for dusk photography. unfortunately, the evil > management of the summit will not allow photography on the premises. their > excuse is the copyright of the architects (and i use the term loosely in > reference to this structure) and the photographers who've shot the > buildings for commerical purposes. i think the real reason is so johnny > bourgeois, MD, won't end up seeing pictures of his 13-year-old daughter > getting felt up through her britney spears halter top. (sorry, the way the > white-flight kids act when hanging out that this place bugs me.) the > rent-a-cops at the summit get all LAPD if they catch you doing photography. > > one of my friends got around this by photographing under the powerlines, > which, in alabama, is public right-of-way, and by ingeniously taking his > pinhole camera into stores and setting it on the shelves. no one knew what > it was. > > - --darb > -- > > > -- > Herbert Kanner, Ph.D. CPSR Secretary email: kanner@acm.org > Tel: 650-326-8204 > Fax: 650-326-8204 > Mobile 650-208-9417 > PGP fingerprint: > ADDB 9384 17EC 35BC 95C2 CEDD 3C00 9B67 E953 C038 > > Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is an > organization that addresses the benefits and risks to society resulting > from the use of computers. For information, please visit our Web page at > http://www.cpsr.org >