CA making it tougher celebrity photographers

Cygnus StudiosCygnus Studios Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
edited October 14, 2009 in The Big Picture
new law for paparazzi in California
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2009
    Arnold is just trying to keep his wife from having to pay the price for breaking the states cell phone laws........rolleyes1.gif
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  • craig_dcraig_d Registered Users Posts: 911 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2009
    Unless there's more to this amendment than the article suggests, I really don't see a problem with it. It doesn't appear to be outlawing any photography that was previously legal; it just says that when a photo results from an invasion of privacy, the subject can sue not only the photographer, but any publication that uses the photo if they knew the photo was taken illegally. (How you'd prove they knew, I have no idea, though in some cases it might be obvious -- e.g. photos taken by peeking through a window or over a backyard fence.) This seems analogous to the fact that it's illegal to possess stolen property even if you didn't steal it yourself, though this is a civil rather than criminal offense. Is there something here that I'm missing?
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