Sounds rather extreme to me but I do not have all the facts. Was the photog trying to look up their skirts? That would be an invasion of privacy I imagine, but I am not so sure it would qualify as a felony.
"I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV." Walmart or the mall is not public, it is privately owned as I understand it. So they may have something to say about it. I agree that in such a place there is no reasonable expectation of privacy, unless you are trying on clothes or going to the bathroom. joe salerno On 2/10/2011 1:27 PM, James wrote: > I know this is off-topic but my wife showed me this because I once > took a photo of a Hooter's girl while we were at dinner and now I'm > worried: > http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/243390/147/Police-Peeping-tom-used-pen-cam-at-mall > > Police: Peeping tom used pen cam at mall > 7:25 AM, Feb 10, 2011 > "Des Peres police say 51-year-old Daniel Barbatti disguised a pen-cam > in a rolled-up magazine and pointed it at girls in shorts, trying to > take pictures of them from behind. > > A Mizzou student from Kansas City was shopping at Forever 21 at the > West County Center shopping mall with her mother and sister last > September when she tells police Barbatti bumped in to her with the > camera. > > Police say she noticed the camera sticking out of the magazine. Then, > they say, she and her mother saw Barbatti trying to take pictures of > other girls. > > The store manager called Des Peres police who eventually called > special investigators from St. Louis County police. Barbatti is > charged with felony invasion of privacy of multiple individuals......" > > I'm no legal expert but it's my understanding that if I take a photo > of someone in a public place that it is legal. Is that not right? If > I'm at walmart and see a cute college girl and I snap a photo with my > phone is that felony invasion of privacy? And how am I invading their > privacy if they're walking around in public where there is no privacy? > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
