Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've seen discussion about Federal Cases on just this point on the American Society of Media Photographers' (ASMP) website, www.asmp.org, although I just checked and their site appears to be down. Andy - ----- Original Message ----- From: "rp johnson" <rpjohnson2@mindspring.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:02 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Strange, disturbing occurrence.... > > > To which he replied, menacingly, "This is a private > > building, you can't take pictures of it." To which I > > replied, incredulously, "What?" > > as far as i understand, you can take a picture of whatever the hell you > want if you're in a public place. if you're *on* private property, then > the owner can restrict your behavior, but if you're on a public street, > you can shoot at will. you should have taken pics of the rent-a-goons. > > ********************************************************** > Puhleeeze! (I always wanted to do that). > > Yes, the guard (or "goon") was wrong. You had "right" on your side. But, > are the LUGGERS going to pony up the attorney's fee when you sue the > company and the guards for assault , medical expenses, and damaged or > destroyed equipment? Thought not. > > I beg you not to take the advice and opinions you get here and go marching > back, camera in hand, and tell the big goon to "stick it where the sun > don't shine" you are going to photograph the building and what's he going > to do about it? You don't REALLY want to find out, do you? > > If this really bothers you, you might write a nice polite firm letter to > the company's legal counsel relating your story (calmly) and suggesting > that this lack of familiarity with this area of the law on the part of > their security personnel could have unfortunate legal and public relations > consequences (don't threaten, just point this out). Who knows, they may > buy you lunch. > > RP Johnson > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html