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that anyone in a public setting does not have the right to privacy. Any one can take a picture of them if
they wish.
-- Joe Smith, May 16, 2004
People do have a right not to be photographed
A lot depends of course of the country you are in. Here in Australia...
"A person, in our society, does not have a right not to be photographed."
(Dowd J, NSW Supreme court, R v Sotheren (2001) NSWSC 204)
-- Andrew Nemeth, May 17, 2004
>> A lot depends of course of the country you are in.
In France, Article 9 of the Civil Code expressely forbids taking pictures of persons in public places,
without his or her prior written consent.
Worse, you're not allowed to take pictures of many buildings, either, the most famous case being the
Eiffel tower. Not much risk in taking a snapshot, but forget contests or pro work, without filling out the
necessary paperwork...
K
-- Christian Harberts, May 17, 2004
Joe: Frankly, I'm embarrassed for you for two reasons in particular. The first is that you would turn to
immature name calling to express your frustration towards people you disagree with. This demonstrates
that you are not capable of engaging other adults in a mature manner. I will, despite my reservations,
attempt to approach you in such a manner. The second reason I am embarrassed for you is that you did
not understand the basic concept I clearly raised in my previous comment. In no part of my comment did
I mention legal barriers for photographing people. I wrote explicity and solely on the ethics of
photographing people. Kindly read my comment again so you can better understand where I am coming
from. There is no constitutional ammendment requiring we say "God Bless You" when someone sneezes
but we do it anyway, don't we? Likewise, there are no laws preventing someone from calling a nonaggressive
stranger an "idiot" but we don't do it. Or maybe I can excuse you from the latter statement?
-- John Gallagher, May 28, 2004
Really poor article to credit as being a tutorial. I agree about the 'careful use of flash' comments as it is
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