We’ll continue to talk about your rights and responsibilities as (photo)journalists. Let’s all remember I’m not a lawyer and that common sense should always prevail. Is it ever worth getting arrested for a photo? Maybe? But make sure you’re doing that by choice.<\/p>\n
This company, PetaPixel<\/a>, sells grey cards (used by photographers to set a precise white balance while on location) printed with a list of ‘rights<\/a>‘. While they cite their references, I would not assume, just because it’s printed on a card, that it is the law. But it is a good place to start.<\/p>\n Here are the guidelines that are printed on the cards:<\/p>\n These are general guidelines regarding the right to make photos and should not be interpreted as legal advice. If you need legal help, please contact a lawyer.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. You can make a photograph of anything and anyone on any public property, except where a specific law prohibits it.<\/p>\n i.e. streets, sidewalks, town squares, parks, government buildings open to the public, and public libraries.<\/p>\n 2. You may shoot on private property if it is open to the public, but you are obligated to stop if the owner requests it.<\/p>\n i.e. malls, retail stores, restaurants, banks, and office building lobbies.<\/p>\n 3. Private property owners can prevent photography ON their property, but not photography OF their property from a public location.<\/p>\n 4. Anyone can be photographed without consent when they are in a public place unless there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.<\/p>\n i.e. private homes, restrooms, dressing rooms, medical facilities, and phone booths.<\/p>\n 5. Despite common misconceptions, the following subjects are almost always permissible:<\/p>\n * accidents, fire scenes, criminal activities<\/p>\n * children, celebrities, law enforcement officers<\/p>\n * bridges, infrastructure, transportation facilities<\/p>\n * residential, commercial, and industrial buildings<\/p>\n 6. Security is rarely an acceptable reason for restricting photography. Photographing from a public place cannot infringe on trade secrets, nor is it terrorist activity.<\/p>\n 7. Private parties cannot detain you against your will unless a serious crime was committed in their presence. Those that do so may be subject to criminal and civil charges.<\/p>\n 8. It is a crime for someone to threaten injury, detention, confiscation, or arrest because you are making photographs.<\/p>\n 9. You are not obligated to provide your identity or reason for photographing unless questioned by a law enforcement officer and state law requires it.<\/p>\n 10. Private parties have no right to confiscate your equipment without a court order. Even law enforcement officers must obtain one unless making an arrest. No one can force you to delete photos you have made.<\/p>\n These are general guidelines regarding the right to make photos and should not be interpreted as legal advice. If you need legal help, please contact a lawyer.<\/strong><\/p>\n We’ll continue to talk about your rights and responsibilities as (photo)journalists. Let’s all remember I’m not a lawyer and that common sense should always prevail. Is it ever worth getting arrested for a photo? Maybe? But make sure you’re doing that by choice. This company, PetaPixel, sells grey cards (used by photographers to set a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willyurman.com\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}