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Subject: [Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could beconsidered a crime
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sun Feb 15 22:27:53 2009
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And thereby hangs the rub. The police are already using it to stop
legitimate photojournalists with no evil intentions from carrying out
their work. Once arrested or he has had his camera impounded a
photojournalist finds it difficult to work. The fact that no charges
are later brought is almost irrelevant.
Gerry
Gerry Walden
+44 (0)23 8046 3076
www.gerrywalden.co.uk
www.stockuk.co.uk
On 16 Feb 2009, at 02:44, Greg Lorenzo wrote:
> One of the problem's with the proposed UK Act, for me, is the basic
> loss if personal liberty on the basis of some police officer
> possibly laying a charge without knowing what the person taking the
> photograph actually has intended the photo for (i.e. what is in his/
> her mind). This is very different then laying a charge after a photo
> is used to aid terrorism.
In reply to:
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from leica at ralgo.nl (leica) ([Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could be considered a crime)
Message from leica at web-options.com (Bob W) ([Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could beconsidered a crime)
Message from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] IMG Taking photos of police officers could beconsidered a crime)