Excellent decision! I can't believe the cops would charge him under wire tapping sections of the criminal code. They apply to private electronic communications, which photographing police in public is assuredly not.
Interesting point alluded to in the article: now that so many carry cellphone cameras and video recorders, and now that so many are blogging and otherwise posting photos and videos on line the line between journalist photography and public photography is quite blurred. Several of our tv stations openly solicite their viewers to submit interesting/newsworthy videos! Everyone has the potential to have their work shown on the news, so everyone should have the same rights to record as the mainstream media. Great article, Mark. Thanks for posting. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts <[email protected]> Sent: March 28, 2012 3/28/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Photography in public places Good news for once: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57405594-281/boston-admits-it-cell-phone-photography-is-not-a-crime/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
