Photographer's Rights

guyver01

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Sep 25, 2000
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http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

Saw this webpage posted on another forum i visit...

Thought some people here might find this interesting.

http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf

The Photographer’s Right is a downloadable guide that is loosely based on the Bust Card and the Know Your Rights pamphlet that used to be available on the ACLU website. It may be downloaded and printed out using Adobe Acrobat Reader. You may make copies and carry them in your wallet, pocket, or camera bag to give you quick access to your rights and obligations concerning confrontations over photography. You may distribute the guide to others, provided that such distribution is not done for commercial gain and credit is given to the author.

As the flyer states, there are not very many legal restrictions on what can be photographed when in public view. Most attempts at restricting photography are done by lower-level security and law enforcement officials acting way beyond their authority. Note that neither the Patriot Act nor the Homeland Security Act have any provisions that restrict photography. Similarly, some businesses have a history of abusing the rights of photographers under the guise of protecting their trade secrets. These claims are almost always meritless because entities are required to keep trade secrets from public view if they want to protect them.
 

corkyg

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Mar 4, 2000
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Interesting . . . but, forget all that "rights" stuff when you leave the USA and travel in another country. Also, many museums and art galleries have the right to protect their intellectual content in exhibits. Also, there are many military installations that are posted - in effect you have no rights once you enter their property. Nothing beats common sense.
 

alfa147x

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Interesting . . . but, forget all that "rights" stuff when you leave the USA and travel in another country. Also, many museums and art galleries have the right to protect their intellectual content in exhibits. Also, there are many military installations that are posted - in effect you have no rights once you enter their property. Nothing beats common sense.

Yup your only good with that as long as you are on a side walk
 

foghorn67

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Jan 3, 2006
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Something that jpeyton and I actually agree upon in a strong way.
Meaning that no matter what political side of the hill you follow, anyone and everyone should know their rights.