Restricting Public Photography

[w_t1]

A lot of posts on this topic in recent years, but interesting article

on the link below. And here's an excerpt:

 

"Florida attorney Lawrence Walters, who specializes in First

Amendment rights, cautions that restricting public photography could

make criminals out of well-meaning people, such as a photojournalist

taking pictures of an accident victim whose undergarments are exposed"

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146780,00.html

[john_h.1]

Most Vouyerism statutes not only require proof that the target was in an area where there was a reaonable expectation of privacy but that the imagery was produced for the purpose of sexual gratification (of the shooter or recipient). The news photog shooting an accidnet victim is not obtaining the pictures for sexual gratification. Perhaps the statutes could be re-written to include images taken to reveal private parts or undergarments of individuals which were resonably concealed by such individuals. For example, wearing a skirt is a reasonable attempt to conceal undergarments and an upskirt photo would fit such a statute.

 

While there seem to be more unreasonable restrictions on photography in recent times, this is not one of them.