Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/19

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Subject: RE: [Leica] What I did today
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:26:05 -0000

Taking photographs of someone in a public place is generally unrestricted,
albeit of questionable etiquette in some situations.  If a person
persistently
objects and you take his picture anyway, he _might_ have a claim against
you,
and it _might_ be considered assault or battery, in extreme cases.

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Dr. Blacktape Comments -

Taking photos of anyone, anywhere, despite their protestations, for one's
own enjoyment and photographic growth, is an inexcusably rude, offensive
thing to do. It is not something about which to boast, but something about
which to be ashamed.

Certainly there are justifications for taking photos despite a subject's
wishes - for instance in a PJ news situation. But to do it to see how neat
one's new camera is?

Forget the black eye a husband or spouse my give you - anyone doing this is
giving all street photographers a black eye.