The term I hear a lot now is "expectation of privacy" when it comes to where
you can shoot pictures. People were taking their cell phone cameras into
rest rooms and transmitting images of people doing their thing in there.
That, and some other similar indiscretions, caused laws prohibiting
photography of people in places where they should have "expectation of
privacy". Walking down a public street is not one of those places. If you
put a camera on your toe and shoot up a women's skirt, that is one of those
places. If you live, you might get sued. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:40 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Looking for a TOPE image
I nearly never ask permission to shoot, nor to publish. People in public
are fair game. There is no prohibition whatsoever against shooting them,
and the exceptions for publication would be libel or commercial use. For
example, if I shot Sally Sumptious leaving church and published the photo
with the caption "Sally Sumptions leaving her job at the Jolly Time
Whorehouse," that would be libelous. If I used her image in a print
advertisement for Up-Tight & Right Girdles without her permission and paying
her, that could also be trouble.
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