This sounds like private property of a place normally open to the public (save for the fire). Therefore:
The following is true in most jurisdictions in the US. If it's not marked "No Trespassing" or something similar, you may take all the photos you want from what would normally be their "public area", such as the parking lot. However, you may not cross legal barriers such as those marked by police, fire investigators, and you may not enter areas marked "Unsafe" by the powers that be. Since they are obviously not open for business, you may not enter the actual store area without the permission of the owner or his authorized representatives. This would also have been true if you showed up at 2:30 in the morning before the fire, found the door unlocked and decided to enter - same application. You may take all the photos you want from any public vantage point, provided you don't go to unusual extremes such as hiring a cherry picker to lift you up over barriers to see into property you would not otherwise have access. This keeps you from looking over the high fence around your favorite movie star's home to take paparazzi photos of them nekkid. Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:22 AM Subject: A Gray Matter > Yesterday, I drove by the site of the Charleston Sofa Super Store > fire, which you can read up on here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_Sofa_Super_Store_fire > > My husband and I lost two friends in that fire, and it was a shock to > see it still standing. I never drove over there because I didn't want > to see it, and I figured it would have been torn down by now. For > some reason, it's still standing, and I've decided I'd like to shoot > some pictures of this in black and white, but I'm unsure of the > legality and political correctness of doing so. In order to be on the > right side of the law and not offend the families of the men who > perished, who or which government whatnot should I ask for permission? > And, if you had the opportunity to shoot this or something like it, > would you? > > rg2 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
