Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin 747 Don't ask me that question, I didn't bring up Starbucks. Security classified places aside, I take the pictures if I am allowed to go there. Jerry Austin Franklin wrote: > Jerry, > > I wasn't aware that "corporate policy" dictated legality, or even customs? > Besides, how do you know the student didn't ask Starbucks for permission, > which in fact, may have been the point of the "exercise"? It gave them > experience on asking for access. > > Austin > > > BD > > > > First you say that you have never done that, then you encourage > > your students to do just that. Isn't there an English word for that, > > besides "catspaw". It starts with an "H" and ends in a "Y". :-) > > > > Jerry > > > > bdcolen wrote: > > > > > Good points, Jeffrey. And there are very few places - "national > > > security" aside - where you can't eventually work out a way to take > > > photos if your are serious about what you're doing, and have a > > > legitimate reason for photographing. > > > > > > I remember a long discussion on this list about the impossibility of > > > shooting inside Starbucks. Couldn't be done, people said. It's against > > > corporate policy, they said. Starbucks sucks, they said. Which is why I > > > challenged one of my students to do a project on a day at Starbucks - > > > http://web.mit.edu/21w.749/www/Students/aaronmihalik/finalproject/ > > > > > > Starbucks isn't a "cat house," but the principle is the same. ;-) > > > > > > B. D. > > -- > 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