Re: Back to the discussion on taking people's photos in public

Robert Coe wrote:
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:06:59 -0500, Ron Hunter <rphunter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Juarez wrote:
: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:05:56 +0000, Paul J Gans wrote:
: > : > : >> I suspect that it depends on what you do with the photos. If
: >> they are taken for your noncommercial use only, you are quite
: >> in the clear. : >>
: >> There is in the US (and I expect in Canada as well) no legal
: >> expectation of total privacy when in public. It is what the
: >> word "public" means. On the other hand, sticking your camera
: >> into somebody's window and photographing them in the confines : >> of a private home is a different matter entirely.
: >>
: >> The Google situation, as per the URL above, is another matter
: >> as the pictures are used commercially.
: >>
: > : > I don't know. Private or commercial use it is still an invasion of
: > privacy. I guess it needs to be tested in the Supreme Court of Canada to
: > see what the real deal is.
: : Consider the practical aspects of this situation. I take a picture of : my wife at Butchart Gardens, and there are several people in the : background. Is it rational, or practical, to expect me to get signed : releases from everyone in the background? Nonsense, and no court is : going to back that theory. Now sticking my camera down some girls : blouse and snapping picture is another case, even if she is walking down : a public street. If laws are practical, and rational, then they aren't : going to be enforced.

That last sentence is unusually cynical, even for this newsgroup. I have to
assume that it's not exactly what you meant to say. ;^)

Bob
correct! Should have said if the aren't practical and rational..... Thanks for catching that.
A legislature could make a law against gravity, but enforcing it would be difficult. Grin.
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