[hellencomstar]

awww i didn't know u got so jealous )) i always have one spare for you m8 [rofl]

And there was me thinking you were one of those obnoxious gay guys!

You have proven me wrong! Don't worry, I know where you live, and thanks to Google I know exactly what your house looks like.

I assume you don't mind if I email your home address to the rest of the gay community?

[RayFairhurst]

And there was me thinking you were one of those obnoxious gay guys!

You have proven me wrong! Don't worry, I know where you live, and thanks to Google I know exactly what your house looks like.

I assume you don't mind if I email your home address to the rest of the gay community?

oh no!!! what am i gonna do now [help]
[rofl][rofl]


[yawn]

[Smittoh]

I said only for companies that do it on a large scale and it has a dam good reason, to protect the privacy of the citiziens.

So how do you define a company on the large scale? Am I able to take a picture of your house? What if I have 5 people in my company, what about 500, what about 5,000?

I'm a photographer and if I see something I want to take a picture of, I take it! I can legally take your picture when you're out in public (anywhere you do not have an implied sense of privacy) and use it for whatever I want barring any financial gain by me (that would require a simple model release forum).

People need to realize that they lose their rights to privacy once they leave their house. I'm sick of people that think "Oh you can't take a picture of me." Bottom line is once you start restricting the photography of people and places soon you are restricting much more. It starts off as no pictures, then no video, then no paintings, no music, ect until you're living in well, China.

(BTW, no offense to anyone in China, I was just using that as an example of a government that is (IMO) very restrictive of its people.)

[hellencomstar]

oh no!!! what am i gonna do now [help]
[rofl][rofl]


[yawn]

You don't have do a thing, Google will make the arrangements.

[RayFairhurst]

back to the topic. i agree with JDM_bB's point of view.

i don't know if he is legally right or wrong, but that makes more sense to me.

i can't worry about every single person thats in my frame on the background and stuff. and i cant worry about changing my aperture so i can blur them out enough.

i don't understand ppl being overly sensitive about simple stuff like this. (maybe excluding their kids etc).

[hellencomstar]

Google are great, I heard they may rename themselves Skynet in 2012.

[Smittoh]

In the US, you are allowed to take pictures of ANYTHING if you are on your own property or public property. ANYONE who ventures outside their house can have their picture taken without their permission as long as they do no have an "implied sense of privacy" meaning you can't take pictures below changing room doors or where people are expected to have some privacy etc.

Meaning once you set foot out your front door you are granting people to take pictures of you. Men, women, children, police, soldiers, politicians, celebrities, you can take all of their pictures if you are on public property.

[RayFairhurst]

Google are great, I heard they may rename themselves Skynet in 2012.

ok i get it u don't like google streets. [yes]

[petrarkaponye]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/c...policemen.html