Re: Interesting article on the amateur photographer hysteria

"Mike Ross" <mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:59:07 -0700 (PDT), Juan Kerr 
> <juan.kerr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>On Apr 20, 6:42 pm, "Trev" <trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> Neil Was refering to Card carriying members of the press. Not Gawkers 
>>> no
>>> offence
>>>
>>
>>None taken.
>>
>>But for future reference, my wife's offence was...........?
>
> None of course; Trev was making the same mistake some cops make:
thinking
> 'card-carrying members of the press' are any different to Joe Citizen in

> terms
> of what rights they have.
>
> (and that can cut BOTH ways; I've heard of cases where media have been 
> prevented
> from filming, whilst random people who happened to be passing by were 
> free to
> use camera phones much closer to the incident)


Have they got a case against the police for loss of earnings?

Otherwise I just hope they charge the full going rate if the police ever 
want any copies of photographs from them.

MB