On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:49:02AM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote.. > Just don't take photographs of any person without their permission in > France...
No idea, never tried. I'm into landscapes. By the way, I think that taking pictures of people is generally subject to their consent. Even if there is no legal requirement to do so I would call it impolite to take their picture without asking first. Wilko > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
