Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] laws for people photography - OT -
From: clifford wright <skidoophoto@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 04:52:03 -0800 (PST)

Here's some info I found on the French subject. (Which
I realize has been done to death on this list but is
an important issue for photographers)
http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/public/may99/privacy.html
Later,
Clif Wright

 --- animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> wrote:
> Some background.The technology now exists to video a
> street analyze faces in
> "real time" and id everybody.In some countries it
> was decided to outlaw
> this.So there you need somebodies consent before
> recording him or her or
> their belongings.
> To call these laws fascistic just shows ignorance.
> Worse even one could argue the opposite
> that countries that dont have these laws,
> usually the same which are not prevented by law to
> screen their citizens
> mail be it electronic or conventional,
> do not allow a free press anymore in war zones and
> even have a policy of
> active disinformation are
> at best operating under some sort of martial law.
> sorry for the ot
> simon
> 
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