The thing about police (besides places that are trying to pass laws restricting photographing police) is with shooting video of them in states that require two-party notification before you record audio. You by filming implicitly give your consent, but the police are not giving consent and they can get you that way.
The two-party rule is why you'll hear the "This call is being recorded for training, etc, etc" when you call some companies. That is a notification that you are being recorded, and if you continue on the line, you are consenting to the recording. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:23 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the US, if you are in a place open to the general public, and > no prior restrictions were put in place as a condition of your > admission, you can generally make non-commercial use of your > own images, videos, etc. > > There are some restrictions (you aren't allowed to photograph > the TSA screeners at the airport, for example), but that's the > general rule. > > Mind you, you'll get a whole lot of grief if you try to take > pictures in a public area showing small children at play. > And some jurisdictions try to claim it's an offence to take > pictures of the Police if they don't want you to. While as far > as I know no such legislation has stood up to a legal challenge, > you can end up with a whole lot of grief if you insist. > > More relevant to your case, perhaps, might be the example of > seasonal displays at shopping malls (Santa's Grotto, the Easter > Bunny, etc.). There will usually be explicit notices stating > that using your own camera is prohibited. While I'm not sure > that they could actually do anything to prevent you (other than > ask you to leave), I'd generally recommend that one should comply > with such requests. But in the absence of such a notice, there's > not a lot they can do a posteori. > > >> I am talking about USA, where all the action is happening described >> in the previous message. >> >> Igor >> >> Tue May 3 16:19:51 EDT 2011 >> John Francis wrote: >> >> > It depends on the legal system that has jurisdiction. >> > >> > Just look at the issues that Google is having with StreetView; >> > there's no uniformity in what they are or are not allowed to >> > do - it has to be separately adjudicated in each country. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
