Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] As The World Turns
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:10:57 -0800
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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.
>
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Replies: Reply from drb@MIT.EDU (Re: [Leica] As The World Turns)
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