I tried taking the Wynn photo from the sidewalk along Las Vegas Blvd. and got yelled at by a rent-a-cop. The rent-a-cop clearly was out of line, but was probably acting on orders from above.
Pretty clearly, we are not "free" to take all photos in public places in the U.S. and we never have been. Nowadays the restrictions have just been tighten in the name of security. Richard -----Original Message----- From: Larry Seltzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:22 AM To: Richard M. Smith; [email protected] Subject: RE: [funsec] FW: Windows Live and Privacy >>...Over the past few years, I've been yelled at for taking a photo of a sign inside of an airport about the U.S. Visit program, a surveillance camera at a Starbucks, and the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas while it was under construction... The Starbucks and (probably) the casino examples are different than, for example, the airport ones. It's nothing new that stores don't want you taking pictures of their insides, and ironically it's also about IP protection, specifically "trade dress." I heard of people getting in trouble for this 20 years ago. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
