[LINK] We?re all copyright criminals now

[Jan Whitaker]

At 11:28 AM 22/11/2006, Stewart Fist wrote:

>However I've had dozens of police, security-guards, and local-council
>officers try to stop me filming/taping by using either the "you are on
>private property" ploy, or the "obstruction of traffic" claim.
>
>Whenever I was threatened in this way, I'd just zoom back to a wide-shot and
>pan around 360 degrees for evidence as to the level of obstruction/trespass,
>and invite them politely to sue or charge me.
>
>No one ever did.

Stewart, reminds me of the recent attempt at Southbank in Melbourne 
where the centre owners put up signs for 'no photography', in English 
only of course. The funny part was the interviews that were done by 
local TV journalists asking the Japanese tourists if they knew they 
were breaking the law. Of course they couldn't speak English either, 
so of course they didn't understand the question. There were also 
confronting questions of centre management about who thought up that 
stupid idea. Lots of buck passing. I think people just ignore the 
signs, as they should.

Jan


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