Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 12/30/01 3:46 PM, kyle cassidy at kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu thoughtfully wrote: > which brings up an ethical question. you take a photograph of a celeberty > comitting a felony; a serious, extremely violent crime. a policeman > approaches you immediately afterwards and says "i noticed you got a photo of > that. if you publish it, it will be very problamatic for an ongoing > investigation and might destroy months of undercover police work. please > don't print it." but you know that PEOPLE magazine will pay through the nose > for the shot. considering that you're not on assignment for a magazine, you > just happened to catch the image on the way to the acme. later your > approached by the celeberty's publicist who says "we'd like very much for > that photograph never to be published. we're willing to pay you a fair > market price for the negative and your promise that it will never see the > light of day." Hmm...I'd find it hard to envision the situation you describe. I guess I'm a justice first sort of guy and would do what I could to ensure SOMEONE got nailed for a violent felony. Since celebrity is NOT a reason anyone should be protected from the consequences of their actions I think that part doesn't signify except insofar as it gives the photo a market. Sounds like an episode of "Law and Order" to me! Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html