I dunno but I think we can all agree that it's pretty crazy that
The legal justification for arresting the "shooter" rests on existing wiretapping or eavesdropping laws, with statutes against obstructing law enforcement sometimes cited.
when, uhm
wiretapping |ˈwīrˌtapi ng |nounthe practice of connecting a listening device to a telephone line to secretly monitor a conversation.
― ⚖ on my truck (dyao), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
good reading, and related:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/06/the_war_on_phot.html
― ⚖ on my truck (dyao), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
What are our rights vis-a-vis shooting IN public, shooting "private" concerns from public spaces, NOT setting down a tripod and causing "obstruction" etc.
I was stopped by a cop in San Pedro Harbor as I "shouldn't be filming anything commercial" and I was shooting some ships coming in and some dockworkers through a crosswire fence. But where I was standing was public property. I gave my name and showed my Green Card but it later occurred to me that I didn't have to do this. Are there any good resources or guides to the current photographer's rights US-wide and in various states?
― bro down with the Transmaniacon dudes (admrl), Monday, 3 October 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
Ah - useful:
http://www.cob.org/documents/mayor/eob/legal-rights-of-photographers.pdf
― bro down with the Transmaniacon dudes (admrl), Monday, 3 October 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Not at all incidentally, especially not to me, watch your ass in Illinois:
http://www.pixiq.com/article/illinois-wiretapping-law-reaching-a-boiling-point
― DSMOS has arrived (kenan), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15236758
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 13:46 (twelve years ago) link