On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote: > I am pretty sure that you are allowed to photograph anyone or anything > that is in the public in the united states. Anyone who is in the > public can be looked at, or drawn/photographed in the public because > you have no expectations or rights to privacy in public ;-)
Maybe your folks aren't enforcing their copyright. You can look at someone else's intellectual property, but if you then make a derivative work based on it, then that's breach of copyright. That's true irrespective of where that intellectual property happens to be. > In the interest of full disclosure I should mention that there are > people who are getting their cameras confiscated for photographing > bridges here under the PATRIOT act > -JP > > On 12/4/06, Richards, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I lived in London, the CCTV cameras were everywhere. > > > > Anyone can request video from any camera, and I am assuming they do not have > > to contact everyone in the requested footage for permission before complying > > with the request. > > > > Isn't this about the same, only more convenient for the information > > requestor? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Drsolly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:06 PM > > To: Larry Seltzer > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [funsec] FW: Windows Live and Privacy > > > > > > On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote: > > > > > >>Also, if you are well known, you are a public figure and dont have any > > > control over what pictures are taken of you and dont have much control > > > over what people say about you. > > > > > > Hey, everyone knows Dr. Solomon > > > > I doubt if you could find more than one person in a million who knows me. > > > > Interesting story. THis happened about 16 years ago, when Dr SOlomon's > > Antivirus Toolkit" was the premier product in many countries. > > > > I went to my 10-yo daughter's school pantomime, which was very good. As we > > left afterwards, a little gorl came up to me and said "I know who you > > are!" "Ah," I said, preening a bit, even an under-10 kid know me! > > > > "You're Angela's dad." > > > > > > Ever since then, it's been a family joke, whenever I get a bit big-headed, > > I get reminded who I am. "You're Angela's dad". > > > > > > Epilogue. > > > > So, when Angela graduated, we went down to her uni as proud parents to > > watch the ceremonies and congratulate her. Afterwards, there was a > > cheese-and-wine do at the English Literature faculty, and she dragged us > > along to that, too. And a guy came up to me at the party, and said "I know > > who you are". Yeah, yeah, I thought, been there, done that, I'm Angela's > > Dad. "You're Dr Solomon, wrote the Antivirus Toolkit". Apparently, he'd > > been one of the people who resold the software to end-users. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
