On 7/6/2010 11:44 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
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Subject: Re: Testing photography rules in Miami metrorail system
On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:25 -0600, "William Robb" <war...@gmail.com>
wrote:
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From: "Bob W"
Subject: RE: Testing photography rules in Miami metrorail system
> I don't understand why people get so uptight about photography & >
filming,
> or
> why they can't grasp the simple idea of it being a legitmate thing
to > do.
>
Give small minds small authority and this is what happens.
Given the degree of spread that this phenomena has, I anticipate
that it
will be, within the next few years, defacto illegal to use an SLR in
public.
Just this afternoon I wanted to take a few photos at the local railway
station. I had no sooner lifted the camera to my eye when the station
attendant appeared saying "You can't take photos here". I didn't push
it because I was on railway property and maybe she was within her
rights, but it's getting to the stage where people think that anyone
carrying a 'real' camera is a terrorist or a child molester.
Interestingly, I had a CTA worker tell me at the Chicago and State
subway stop that I could take pictures but just NOT of the tracks. No
pictures of the tracks. At the Brown Line Rockwell stop, however, I
was warned off from taking pictures anywhere. "You can't take
pictures without a permit," I was told. Chicago and State gets heavy
tourist traffic & the Rockwell stop does not. Aside from public
transportation stops, I've never had any other problems in busy public
places, though I was warned off by a woman from photographing her
tulips in her front lawn. Cheers, Christine
What, did she think she owned a copyright on the plants?
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