Re: Photography and the Law

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>, Peter 
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>"Chris H" <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> As has been said it is usually better to ask forgiveness than 
>>permission.  However often those who challenge you on taking photos 
>>don't know the law  and think that it is illegal to photograph 
>>children, people and places.
>>
>
>I was taking some shots in on of the Smithsonian galleries. There were 
>no photo signs at different locations. A security guard politely 
>reminded me that no photos were permitted.
>I explained that I understood they wanted to sell reproductions of the 
>art and that I was not taking shots of the art work, but of people 
>looking at the art. I showed him some of the shots to prove it. He 
>laughed at the shots and politely reminded me not to use flash.
>I guess it's all a matter of attitude and whether the person in charge 
>had sex the night before and a good breakfast.

I agree completely
Also not taking the attitude of :-

In message <48240e4f$1_1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, The One 
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>I've been to numerous catherdrials which insist of you paying a copyright
>fee, for photographing inside. Again I never pay and take photos anyway.
>There is no such thing. A church albeit sacred is a public place so again
>they can sod off.

But then we know  The minus One is a jerk but that sort of attitude 
would have had the security guard throw you out rather than laughing if 
you were there the  day after The minus One

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