Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Asking permission, KISS & the decisive moment
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:38:30 -0700
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGIEMPBJAB.tim@KairosPhoto.com>

Brave words. But when you're in someone else's country, keep in mind
that there are very few protections afforded to the non citizen. A
tiered application of laws is very common, and usually applied on the
spot at a whim, or capriciously, by all too many officers of the law.
Even in this country, it's virtually an every day occurrence that we get
threatened by confiscation of our press credentials and incarceration.
Believe or not, I had on more than one occasion, seen Feds tell the
local boys to ease up and not interfere with the press.
Slobodan Dimitrov


Tim Atherton wrote:
> A couple of Polizei saying it's forbidden (and possibly harking back to an outdated law?) doesn't mean much. The cops in Canada and the US will try the same one on even though you have a right to do so.
> 
>
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