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Photography is Not a Crime, It's a First Amendment Right
On 2009-03-30 19:10:07 -0700, frank said:
On Mar 30, 8:07*pm, Savageduck wrote: On 2009-03-30 16:58:07 -0700, "Stormin Mormon" said: As I understand the USA, rights are granted by God. Morm. Take a powder. The Constitution limits the power of Federal government to infringe those rights. That said, I doubt photography is covered by the 1 ammendment to the US Constitution. Photography is a non-speech expression protected under the 1st Amendment. Educate yourself:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ist_Amendment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom..._United_States -- Regards, Savageduck Not quite. There's a big difference between new photography which is press and everything else. Shoot for a paper or freelance and able to prove it, much different that guy on the street. Untrue. Everyone has a right to freedom of expression and the press. You have the right to 'publish' whatever you want, even if it is on a bulletin board at work. Professional journalists do not have rights that ordinary citizens do not have. This has been proven time and again in the courts. In fact, most of the cases cited in "Photography and the Law" do not involve professional journalists. Now, you can shoot what you want unless there are laws against it, but what you do with an image may get you in a lot of hot water, invasion of privacy, libel, all that. I'd argue this article is a bit of a misnomer. There used to be a good book , Photography and the Law. Don't know if its updated or still in print, worth a read. There is a reason ethics and law are taught in journalism schools. Its not absolute. But, there are always lots of people with way too much power and egos that think they can break the law. Photography is no different than any other First Amendment right. You cannot invade people's privacy, libel them, shout "Fire" in a crowded movie theatre just to watch people run, etc. There are limits on all First Amendment rights and those limits apply to photography as well as any other form of expression. There are no restrictions on photography that are different from other rights. I have the book "Photography and the Law" by Bert Krager. He is the guy who wrote the Photographers' Rights card that has been cited here several times. The book was last updated in 2008, I believe. I don't think anyone would disagree that what you are allowed to do under the law and what you should do (or not do) as a matter of ethics are two different things. Continual violations of ethics not only hurt people, they give politicians an excuse to restrict our rights. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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