Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A long lens is not a " fantastic piece of technology" nor is a helicopter. I think we'll find that "reasonable expectation of privacy" is not sitting in your condo high rise in front of huge wall to wall widows facing a million others with no shades of any kind drawn. On 5/28/13 2:04 PM, "Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell51 at earthlink.net> wrote: > > I think we would all agree that (A) a photographer should have the right to > take a picture of anyone in a public area (for a non-commercial purpose - > there can be issues about what can be done with the photograph after its > taken, but that's for another discussion). We would probably also agree > that > (B) a line is crossed when a photographer hangs from a helicopter with a > fantastic piece of technology that lets him shoot through an upper floor > bedroom window of someone to catch them in a private moment - a shot that > would be impossible without the helicopter or the techno equipment. Most > factual scenarios fall somewhere in between A and B. As I posted > previously, > taking a photograph is an activity protected by the First Amendment (in the > U.S., of course). So is privacy, particularly in one's home and bedroom. > Constitutional rights often conflict. This is why we allow the courts to > weigh > various factors and determine which Constitutional right prevails. > Contrary to > much popular > belief, very few U.S. Constitutional rights are absolute. > > Bryan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/