Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Getting Close and Discreet
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 16:05:07 -0500

At 10:41 AM 4/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Also there are issues such as "freedom of the press" and "freedom of
>expression" which these newly conveniently rediscoved right to privacy
>issues have thankfully done little to circumvent.
>I believe privacy issues are sometimes of course valid but lately are
>just an excuse to circumvent the above stated Basic American rights.

You are right. Like the Nazi storm troopers - er - Lansing, Michigan police 
who stole a photographers negatives from a one-hour photo of a riot going 
on at the university, posting the pictures on a web site and then putting a 
copyright for the City on them.

There are so many grounds of suits, and totally unethical, unconstitutional 
and professional problems with what they did I could go on for hours.

Don't worry. :-)

This could lead to a law suit that could swing things back in our favor, I 
sure hope!

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

"I think not," said Descartes, and disappeared.