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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 183252" data-attributes="member: 15302">This reminds me of the initial outrage about Google street view.&nbsp; People were photographed in their yards, through their windows, standing in front of strip clubs, etc.&nbsp; My neighbor was out gardening and she was caught bending over with her backside pointed straight at the truck cameras.&nbsp; Still, all of the Google images were taken from the public roadway.If you want to make it illegal to photo/video children without the parents' permission, you have to ban all security cameras from everywhere, and make it illegal to take a camera of any kind to little league games, school plays, ballet recitals, etc.&nbsp; I had a real life encounter once when I was taking photographs of a crime scene (gas station) to be used as exhibits in court.&nbsp; One of the customers was a private security guard.&nbsp; He was paying for his gas when I went back into the shop to talk to the cashier.&nbsp; The guard told me he didn't want me taking his photo without his permission.&nbsp; He said it was illegal and he could sue me.&nbsp; (This was back in the film days, so I couldn't show him that he wasn't in any of my photos.)&nbsp; Anyway, I just told him it was legal to take pictures in a public place.&nbsp; I pointed out that the security camera over the cashier's head was taking his picture right that minute. The guard said, &quot;maybe I can't sue you, but I could drag you around the parking lot by your tie.&quot;&nbsp; Lucky for me, he got his change and left.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blade Canyon, post: 183252, member: 15302"] This reminds me of the initial outrage about Google street view. People were photographed in their yards, through their windows, standing in front of strip clubs, etc. My neighbor was out gardening and she was caught bending over with her backside pointed straight at the truck cameras. Still, all of the Google images were taken from the public roadway. If you want to make it illegal to photo/video children without the parents' permission, you have to ban all security cameras from everywhere, and make it illegal to take a camera of any kind to little league games, school plays, ballet recitals, etc. I had a real life encounter once when I was taking photographs of a crime scene (gas station) to be used as exhibits in court. One of the customers was a private security guard. He was paying for his gas when I went back into the shop to talk to the cashier. The guard told me he didn't want me taking his photo without his permission. He said it was illegal and he could sue me. (This was back in the film days, so I couldn't show him that he wasn't in any of my photos.) Anyway, I just told him it was legal to take pictures in a public place. I pointed out that the security camera over the cashier's head was taking his picture right that minute. The guard said, "maybe I can't sue you, but I could drag you around the parking lot by your tie." Lucky for me, he got his change and left. [/QUOTE]

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