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Old 06-05-2010, 06:13 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane View Post
Wow, now I'm confused. Isn't it opposite? Isn't public place illegal, and private is legal? A public photography is some kind of voyeur = without consent? It's the "without consent" that makes it illegal, right?
Not how I understand the law. If you take picture or video of someone in the street you don't need their permission to publish it. If you take a picture or video of them in a their home, or yours, you need their permission to publish it.

In the US I believe if you take a picture or video from the street of someone in their house it's legal.

The reasoning is you should not be doing anything that you will find objectionable in public. If it were the other way around CCTV and News gathering people would have a rough time.
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