Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/12

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Subject: [Leica] Lecia Street Photography
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sat Jul 12 08:49:37 2008
References: <20080711235142.F73738F@resin11.mta.everyone.net> <6E699FF8-9081-4F53-B0D0-53124E2E1007@mac.com> <36e5c0b10807120835p5a2d69b1o622e35975195b086@mail.gmail.com> <D6C85721-8BBC-4AE3-8BB9-26442F958AC4@mac.com>

At 11:44 AM 7/12/2008, you wrote:
>While accredited photojournalists (working with press passes from
>mainstream media outlets) may have a mandate (not sure what that
>means) to "cover the news" "street photography," as we see it
>presented here and elsewhere, does not necessarily fall into the news
>category.
>George

The law (in the USA, anyway) covers more than reporting.  It also 
includes social, political, and economic commentary.  That would be 
all street photography, I would think.

Read under "The Right of Privacy":

http://www.asmp.org/commerce/legal/releases/

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com 


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