Just don't take photographs of any person without their permission in France...
Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 07:50:43AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> Subject: Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC >> >> >> >>> This suggested legislation is in response to pros shooting ads and >>> editorial without permits. It happens a lot in New York and sometimes >>> causes problems with traffic and/or crowds. I doubt that a wandering group >>> of PDMLers would experience any problems. >>> >> That might depend on if some security goon (as an example) decided that he >> didn't want to be photographed, or didn't want his building to be >> photographed. If this is enacted, he would have a real, bonafide law at his >> disposal to harass photographers with. >> Any time you allow a law to be put in place that has the potential to >> restrict someone's freedom, someone else will abuse said law to the >> detriment of someone else's freedom, if for no other reason than because he >> can. >> If the law was intended to restrict the actions of professional >> photographers/videographers who cause traffic problems, the legislation >> would be specifically targetting them in it's wording. >> >> This is another example of the creeping horseshit that is permeating >> society, and another small freedom falling unnoticed by the wayside. >> Soon, we won't have any small freedoms left. >> > > You can still seek asylum in Europe. I've been shooting, tripod and all, > lots of public buildings in Berlin, even inside the main trainstation, > federal buildings etc. Nobody will harass you there. Police looks at > you and walks off smiling. > > It appears US legislators are loosing sight of what they are trying > to achieve. At least to my untrained (untrained in the legal sense) eye. > > A sad thing. > > Wilko > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
