Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 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... :-)