Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] a photographer sued
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:37:18 -0500
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On May 28, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Bryan Caldwell wrote:

> Would you really want to live where anytime you opened a window someone 
> 200 yards away with a huge telephoto lens was waiting to take your 
> picture, or your children's pictures? Or using a shotgun microphone to 
> record you arguing with your spouse? Why have windows at all? It's one 
> thing to close a first floor window when you don't want passersby to look 
> in, but quite another thing to ensure that you're protected from long 
> range technology, helicopters, cherry pickers, etc. any time you approach 
> any window in your home. In the paparazzi world, these things are all 
> quite common. Of course, a picture of a celebrity in a private or personal 
> moment can result in a huge payday. I would never argue that there is no 
> right to photograph someone in public or in public view. Using technical 
> assistance to invade personal private space is quite another question.
> 
> That's why most of these cases involve a determination as to whether the 
> person photographed had a "reasonable expectation of privacy" at the time 
> the photograph was taken. It is possible to be on your own property in 
> circumstances in which you don't have such an expectation. And, of course, 
> the opposite is also true.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>> Sent: May 28, 2013 8:57 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] a photographer sued
>> 
>> 
>> On May 28, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Bryan Caldwell wrote:
>> 
>>> But, if someone is actually constantly watching you and your family's 
>>> at-home life through telephoto lenses, your first concern is most likely 
>>> making them stop - not seeking some financial advantage.
>> 
>> If "privacy" were my "first concern" - my first response would be to 
>> acquire appropriate window shading.
>> 
>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=privacy+window+film&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=I9OkUebHA4v4ywHThoHQBw&ved=0CHsQsAQ&biw=1329&bih=929>

No. I wouldn't; and therefore don't.

Though I do know people who live in those situations.
We certainly know that people who live in these types of situations
are aware of the fact that they're being "watched."

This from 1990:
<http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/15/garden/telescopes-for-sneaky-city-views.html>
Would suggest that this is nothing new.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
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