Re: [Leica] When is a release required

[Ruralmopics@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/1/00 9:51:26 AM, jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net writes:

>Don't ever shoot in a hospital with out permission, unless you can do the
>100
>yard dash in about 2 sec flat. If you think cops have no sense of humor
>try a
>head nurse.


Oh don't get me wrong, whenever I shot in hospitals it was with permission. I 
wasn't trying to sneak clandestine photos. But even so,  as I understand it, 
for a newspaper photographer the release serves to protects the hospital, not 
the photographer. It's the hospital that's going to have the toughest time if 
a patient sues . . . 

Bob (tries to be patient with bureaucrats and "administrators") McEowen