Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brougham wrote: > > Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> wrote: > > > A photograph is a piece of paper with silver on it. > > A drawing is a piece of paper with charcoal on it. > > > > No one's ever going to accuse you of invading their privacy or > > compromising > > thier rights with a piece of paper with charcoal on it. > > But a piece of paper with silver on it and they call their lawyer. > > Just this past week on the news, a courtroom artist had his pad > confiscated because he drew images that showed a juror's face. I > think this was one of the bin Laden cases. The judge had ordered no > images of any kind of the jurors was permissible. > > I still don't understand why courts generally allow sketch artists > instead of photographers. But that's another thread... > Because like i said a drawing of you is not you. A photo of you IS you. (They steal the photons off your face) markrabiner