http://www.photopermit.org Photography is Not a Crime Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Privacy expert Hugh Tomlinson QC sums it up: “In this case an English court has held, for the first time, that the publication of an inoffensive photograph of an everyday activity in the street could amount to an invasion of privacy. This brings English privacy law more closely into line ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=246 That’s the message according to this Memphis Flyer Online story: Tourist or Terrorist? Multiple federal and Memphis-local departments have launched “Operation Sudden Impact,” which seems to have something vaguely to do with terrorism, though the exact identities of the terrorists and their terror victims are not specified. This TV news link reports ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=245 Reuters has reported that Pulitzer-winning AP Photographer Bilal Hussein has be released from US custody after two years of detention at Camp Cropper near Baghdad. Related forum thread and previous item. http://www.photopermit.org/?p=244 “Under the bill, if someone is arrested for viewing children in a public place, it would be a Class D felony if the child is between 12 to 14 years old and a Class C felony if the child is under 12.” This amazing bit of legislation from Maine, described in ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=243 NPPA reports that the US Military refuses to release Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Bilal Hussein, even though he has been exonerated by the courts: U.S. military authorities have said a U.N. Security Council mandate allows them to retain custody of a detainee they believe is a security risk even if an Iraqi judicial ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=241 Thanks Roger for the tip that lead to this Arkansas News Bureau story, in which a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals re-affirmed the principles of Terry v. Ohio and the Fourth Amendment. A police officer does not have the authority to arrest someone for refusing to identify himself when he is ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=240 In the UK’s journal for journalists, the Press Gazette: “Photographers lobby parliament over police curbs.” Labour MP Austin Mitchell “has already tabled an Early Day Motion at the Commons which has been signed by 131 MPs, giving it wide cross-party support. Mitchell said he tabled the motion because of the increasing ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=239 “AP Photographer Bilal Hussein has been in American detention since April 2006. As the second anniversary of his captivity approaches, Bilal has achieved a major breakthrough. Yesterday in Baghdad, an Iraqi Judicial Commission reviewing his case took ten days to reach a conclusion: No basis existed for the terrorism-related charges ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=238 This just in from London SE1: “It would appear the victim, an amateur photographer, who enjoys taking snaps of London street scenes, was taking shots on the escalators when a member of the public took exception to having his photo taken and asked him to delete the photo. “The photographer told him ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=237 “Being arrested for simply being a witness to police activity was frightening and humiliating. It bothers me to think that police can abuse their authority by arresting innocent witnesses and then not even make standard police reports to document what happened.” According to the ACLU of Washington in this Seattle Times ... http://www.photopermit.org/?p=236