"ignorant officious assholes" ... I like it! I'll write a macro for my editor. ;-)
I remember the security guard at Museo de Orsay (forgive my spelling ...) in Paris telling me that I couldn't use my Leica. I then pulled out my Minox C and asked if I could photograph them ... and they said sure! So I took all my photos in that museum with the Minox. No one said anything to me. :-) G On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Although I haven't heard *too* much about restrictions here in Wisconsin, I > have a tendency to agree with John...There are a lot of people who think > they know the law and bellow about restricting where you can take pictures > and who you can photograph. > > One thing I find ludicrous, though, is this...Concealed carry has recently > been approved in Wisconsin and there has been much discussion about what > government buildings are restricted, particularly regarding concealed carry > in the State Capitol. Our legislators finally came up with this gem: You > can bring a firearm into the Capitol building and even to the galleries > where you can observe the Senate and Assembly, *but* you can not bring a > camera, either still or video, into those same galleries. I guess they > figure they will suffer more harm being photographed than shot. :>] > > John, do you have a plug-in that will automatically enter "ignorant > officious assholes" so you don't have to keep typing all those letters? > *(VBG)* > > > On 11/29/2011 2:41 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> From: Thibouille >> >>> The teacher asked to do some work about a legal issue concerning legal >>> rights of photographs use. >>> As he showed us a couple short movies on the topic and because I >>> believe that street shooting is indeed a fundamental of photography, >>> I'd like to know: >>> >>> * the status of street shooting in your country, both on a legal and a >>> practical point of view (I know that often things are permitted but >>> some zealot thinks you shouldn't be allowed to no matter what the law >>> is) ? >> >> >> >> Street shooting is legal in North Carolina, USA, but there *ARE* a lot >> of ignorant officious assholes who think they know better. >> >> >>> * did the status of street shooting in your country change in recent >>> years (I'd say recent being last 15 years till today) ? >> >> >> >> There are a lot more ignorant officious assholes today than there were >> 5, 10 or 15 years ago. The law hasn't changed. >> >> >>> * would you say there's a tendency to restrict photographer's rights >>> in your country and why/how ? >>> >> >> >> There IS a tendency to restrict photographer's rights. But it's not the >> law. It's ignorant officious assholes think they have the right to tell >> you what you can and can't do. Too many dumb-asses with an attitude that >> anything that is not mandatory should be forbidden and it's their >> god-given task to enforce it. >> >> >>> >>> This doesn't need to be huge answers, really. But if you have any >>> legal reference in your mind, please do so >>> >>> I just can't check legal status in 30 different countries myself, but >>> I'm very interested (and somewhat concerned) about this. >>> >>> Thank you for your cooperation >> >> > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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.
