Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So how does this come about? Generally speaking, just plain folks don't give a crap when someone takes a photo of their house. Is this pandering to whiny celebrities? -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Wajsman Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] a photographer sued Belgium has similar laws. It does not stop me from doing street photography when I am in Brussels, which is quite often. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On May 30, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > The reason why Brad and Angelina and many other people in the public eye > have homes in France is its the only place on earth bar none where the > light > wight bounces off your face, body or house is your property. So they can > feel like they are in a different higher zone of privacy. > Any other country the laws turn out to be not all that different from what > we are used to here in the US of A. We think we are way ahead of the pack > but I you get a new camera for your birthday or some holiday in so called > not so free places like Iran or Iraq or a dozen other places which seem > foreboding to free speech or freedom of the press your can still walk > around the block and test it out on houses, bushes and people and they're > probably not going to hang you up and torture you. People love to play > with > their cameras and the ones in their cell phones all over and for a long > time > now. Its a bit of a right we get from living on Planet Earth. I hear Mars > is > less of a good deal. Your camera melts. > > > On 5/29/13 10:42 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > >> Spot on! >> >> Adam >> >> On May 29, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >>> Well, I do! Polite people do not peek into other people's houses >>> without >>> permission anytime, anywhere! The use of long lenses or binoculars or >>> telescopes should make it a crime. >>> >>> Tina >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information