Why Taking Photos in Public Places is Not a Crime

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Taking Photos In Public Places Is Not A Crime: Analysis
Too many officials think taking photos is a crime. Here’s why they’re wrong.

By Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Legally, it's pretty much always okay to take photos in a public place as long as you're not physically interfering with traffic or police operations. As Bert Krages, an attorney who specializes in photography-related legal problems and wrote Legal Handbook for Photographers, says, "The general rule is that if something is in a public place, you're entitled to photograph it." What's more, though national-security laws are often invoked when quashing photographers, Krages explains that "the Patriot Act does not restrict photography; neither does the Homeland Security Act." But this doesn't stop people from interfering with photographers, even in settings that don't seem much like national-security zones.
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GREAT POST :borat:

So for EWR just stand on the side walk and you should be fine according to this. Who's gonna go test that one? :P

EWR has a policy that if you are driving by on I-95 and happen to look out the window towards the airfield they will pull you over and do a full cavity search, all the while referring your objections to the Patriot act

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Originally Posted by megatop412

EWR has a policy that if you are driving by on I-95 and happen to look out the window towards the airfield they will pull you over and do a full cavity search, all the while referring your objections to the Patriot act

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And the PANYNJ wants to charge you for even looking at the airport...

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So for EWR just stand on the side walk and you should be fine according to this. Who's gonna go test that one? :P

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been there, done that :P ewr-spotting-incident-1-10-10-t18065.html-st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=ewr

Thats why I dont mess with EWR much now, havent been there since the 1/10/10 incident...

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Originally Posted by Delta777LR

Thats why I dont mess with EWR much now, havent been there since the 1/10/10 incident...

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You just have to approach the field from a slightly different vantage point. ;) ...you know, like about 1500 feet over the 4/22 runways. ;)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...93432_3932.jpg

This guy below was about eye level with us as we were traveling Eastbound.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...93433_4163.jpg

My friends visit JFK mostly on Sat. One guy just sent me a message stating that he and his friend were spotting from behind a window at one of the terminals when suddenly a lady told them that the terminal is only for ticketed passengers and they must leave at once or she will call the cops. They weren't even taking photographs; just spotting. Now, they say they'll never visit JFK. I don't know which terminal or who the lady is. They should have gotten her name. This happened to me about 20 years ago at the Delta Terminal. A security guard from Argenbright asked me for a ticket then told me to leave. He even escorted me to the terminal exit and watched me leave. Very humiliating. I didn't give-up my rights. I wrote a nice letter to Delta Airlines and I received a letter stating that I had permission to photograph from the terminal. It looks like we're back to those days where only ticketed passengers are welcome at JFK.

Here is another interesting article about public photography, that I came across today:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 0072503132