Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/26

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Subject: [Leica] photographer sued
From: billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce)
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 16:08:45 -0500
References: <mailman.1214.1369599747.1182.lug@leica-users.org> <C34D7CE9-3C4F-44C3-9728-329578405699@netvigator.com>

Although there is no more litigious societies than the USA, there are other 
countries that have  more restrictive privacy laws. Pressed to the 
conclusion, this could result in new case law that restricts all our 
options.

-----Original Message----- 
From: H&ECummer
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 4:00 PM
To: lug at leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] photographer sued

A similar project was done a year or so ago by Michael Wolf, a German 
photographer living and working in Hong Kong, whom I have met since my 
daughter helped edit one of his photo books on Hong Kong shop houses. Wolf's 
pictures showed more identifiable people than the New York ones and there 
was talk of suing for invasion of privacy but as far as I know nothing has 
come of it. But then Hong kong is not such a litigious society.
Howard

Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 13:40:23 -0500
From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Leica] a photographer sued
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>

Huge windows in a high rise building across the street from another? And the
subjects thought they had an expectation of privacy with curtains drawn? I
think the ones suing are on equally thin ice. Had this been done in France,
Canada, etc. not so sure.


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