Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, I wasn't aware that "corporate policy" dictated legality, or even customs? Besides, how do you know the student didn't ask Starbucks for permission, which in fact, may have been the point of the "exercise"? It gave them experience on asking for access. Austin > BD > > First you say that you have never done that, then you encourage > your students to do just that. Isn't there an English word for that, > besides "catspaw". It starts with an "H" and ends in a "Y". :-) > > Jerry > > bdcolen wrote: > > > Good points, Jeffrey. And there are very few places - "national > > security" aside - where you can't eventually work out a way to take > > photos if your are serious about what you're doing, and have a > > legitimate reason for photographing. > > > > I remember a long discussion on this list about the impossibility of > > shooting inside Starbucks. Couldn't be done, people said. It's against > > corporate policy, they said. Starbucks sucks, they said. Which is why I > > challenged one of my students to do a project on a day at Starbucks - > > http://web.mit.edu/21w.749/www/Students/aaronmihalik/finalproject/ > > > > Starbucks isn't a "cat house," but the principle is the same. ;-) > > > > B. D. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html