Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] a photographer sued
From: bcaldwell51 at earthlink.net (Bryan Caldwell)
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:24:32 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Would you really want to live where anytime you opened a window someone 200 
yards away with a huge telephoto lens was waiting to take your picture, or 
your children's pictures? Or using a shotgun microphone to record you 
arguing with your spouse? Why have windows at all? It's one thing to close a 
first floor window when you don't want passersby to look in, but quite 
another thing to ensure that you're protected from long range technology, 
helicopters, cherry pickers, etc. any time you approach any window in your 
home. In the paparazzi world, these things are all quite common. Of course, 
a picture of a celebrity in a private or personal moment can result in a 
huge payday. I would never argue that there is no right to photograph 
someone in public or in public view. Using technical assistance to invade 
personal private space is quite another question.

That's why most of these cases involve a determination as to whether the 
person photographed had a "reasonable expectation of privacy" at the time 
the photograph was taken. It is possible to be on your own property in 
circumstances in which you don't have such an expectation. And, of course, 
the opposite is also true.

Bryan



-----Original Message-----
>From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>Sent: May 28, 2013 8:57 AM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] a photographer sued
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>On May 28, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Bryan Caldwell wrote:
>
>> But, if someone is actually constantly watching you and your family's 
>> at-home life through telephoto lenses, your first concern is most likely 
>> making them stop - not seeking some financial advantage.
>
>If "privacy" were my "first concern" - my first response would be to 
>acquire appropriate window shading.
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><https://www.google.com/search?q=privacy+window+film&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=I9OkUebHA4v4ywHThoHQBw&ved=0CHsQsAQ&biw=1329&bih=929>
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>Regards,
>George Lottermoser 
>george at imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com/blog
>http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
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