Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Taking Photos in Starbucks
From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:10:36 -0500
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJKEIOOEAA.darkroom@ix.netcom.com>

The law is pretty clear that only a police officer can confiscate your film
and only to the extant that it would be evidence of a crime.  However, and
it is a very large hole, if the allegation is that you are molesting
children and or stalking a woman, then your cameras and film go into the
black hole for a very long time, and a very, very, very long time if your
film doesn't turn out.  You do need to read between the lines.

True story, an acquaintance was foolishly shooting in a mall, didn't stop
when the security guards asked him to.  They called the real police and
alleged that he was photographing small children inappropriately.  Bye, Bye
camera, film.  It turned out some frames were indeed of children.
Prosecutors can take a really long time deciding what to do.

Don Dory
dorysrus@mindspring.com

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