I agree with the "permission in advance" part, but according to the article it doesn't sound like he was given any warnings, police just swooped in and he's charged with felonies.
Story doesn't sound right, I've emailed the writer of the article for more information because it sounds like something has been left out, otherwise every paparazzi would be in jail. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Lee Menningen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I suspect that "we always got permission in advance" was as much to avert > trespassing charges as for anything else. > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of David Kennedy > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 3:24 PM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AP] felony for taking photos/video at mall? > > > If you shoot someone's bedroom window from a public sidewalk, for > example, with a "normal" lens, thats OK, but you would have an > expectation of privacy against a 400mm lens. What you can see with > the naked eye is pretty much unprotected in public places. (with some > caveats, you can't use it for advertising, you can't type a > misleading cutline, you can't publicly reveal a private fact, etc. ) > > Same at the mall I would guess. A cell phone photo is one thing, > looking up your skirt with it is quite another. > > These are the guidelines we always followed at the newspapers I've > worked for. And, at shopping malls, we always got permission in > advance and checked in with security upon our arrival. > > David Kennedy > Photography > > ASMP > D-65- Dallas, St. Louis > Platypus- New Orleans > www.showmephotos.com > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 1:43 PM, James wrote: > > > Then I was thinking: what if it isn't photos of women? What about > > sites > > like http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ , where they're taking photos of > > strangers that are shopping at Walmart? Aren't all of those > > photographers > > guilty of felonies? > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Mike Boom <[email protected] > <mailto:boom%40geekworks.net> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Interesting civil rights question, and a bit worrisome. > >> > >> So I wonder if neoprene fetishists will develop underwater pen cams? > >> > >> Pondering the important questions, > >> > >> Mike Boom > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
