Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] Yet Another Sign of the Times
From: timatherton at theedge.ca (Tim Atherton)
Date: Mon Nov 15 16:48:51 2004

>  From what I've read, it was much worse during WWII.
>
> Jim

Jim, but as I understand it during WWII Congress (?) actually passed
emergency war measures that did indeed make it illegal to photograph such
things as power stations, railway lines, telephone switching stations and so
on. (no doubt Marc will correct me if I'm wrong) - as they did in Canada,
Great Britain etc. For a temporary period of time certain rights and
freedoms were restricted. Such measures were then lifted at some point after
the hostilities ceased.

Right now, despite the so called "war on terror"  there have been no such
laws passed and no such restrictions put on the freedom of expression and so
on. However, going by the increasing reports in the news, from lawyers such
as Bert Krages and n sites like photopermit.org, law enforcement (and to a
lesser extent the general public) is increasingly acting as if such laws
are, in fact, in place.


tim


PS - with a real camera on a tripod (8x10 and up) I find my bright red
surveyors vest with Day-Glo orange stripes makes me so obvious no-one ever
asks me what I'm doing when I photograph around urban areas (I wear it
because the best shots are always from four or 6 feet into the road + it's
back pocket will take 3 x 8x10 holders- a couple of traffic cones help too).
I've actually had police stop the traffic for me on one occasion... :-)



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