{"id":6090,"date":"2010-07-25T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=6090"},"modified":"2010-07-25T03:00:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T08:00:29","slug":"public-service-announcement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/6090","title":{"rendered":"Public Service Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking Photos In Public Places Is Not A Crime: Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s how bad it has gotten: Not long ago, an Amtrak representative did an interview with local TV station Fox 5 in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station to explain that you don’t need a permit to take pictures there–only to be approached by a security guard who ordered them to stop filming without a permit.<\/p>\n

Legally, it’s pretty much always okay to take photos in a public place as long as you’re not physically interfering with traffic or police operations. As Bert Krages, an attorney who specializes in photography-related legal problems and wrote Legal Handbook for Photographers<\/em>, says, “The general rule is that if something is in a public place, you’re entitled to photograph it.” What’s more, though national-security laws are often invoked when quashing photographers, Krages explains that “the Patriot Act does not restrict photography; neither does the Homeland Security Act.” But this doesn’t stop people from interfering with photographers, even in settings that don’t seem much like national-security zones. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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