Comments on: Overwhelming Response http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/2008/05/11/overwhelming-response/ my digital life Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dan http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/2008/05/11/overwhelming-response/comment-page-1/#comment-6397 Dan Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:10:32 +0000 http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/?p=377#comment-6397 Andrew, your assertions are fundamentally incorrect. While one can sue for just about any reason in the United States, winning is an entirely different matter; there are at least a half-dozen different issues that the subject of the photograph would need to overcome in order to come even halfway close to a successful lawsuit. Leave the lawyering to the lawyers and stop trying to apply the Fantasyland Revised Statutes To Stuff You Just Made Up to the issue. Furthermore, you really should read some of Jeremy's responses in the first post on the matter. He only said about a half dozen times that he was photographing the reaction only, not trying to arbitrate the man's matter with the homeless guy. Andrew, your assertions are fundamentally incorrect. While one can sue for just about any reason in the United States, winning is an entirely different matter; there are at least a half-dozen different issues that the subject of the photograph would need to overcome in order to come even halfway close to a successful lawsuit. Leave the lawyering to the lawyers and stop trying to apply the Fantasyland Revised Statutes To Stuff You Just Made Up to the issue.

Furthermore, you really should read some of Jeremy’s responses in the first post on the matter. He only said about a half dozen times that he was photographing the reaction only, not trying to arbitrate the man’s matter with the homeless guy.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/2008/05/11/overwhelming-response/comment-page-1/#comment-4900 Andrew Thu, 15 May 2008 13:22:41 +0000 http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/?p=377#comment-4900 I'm sure he could sue you for the way in which you posted about the incident on the blog. What he did was wrong, obviously. But this is still a photograph of a person, and in any other circumstance you would ASK PERMISSION before photographing someone. What difference does it make that he was abusing a homeless guy? (OBVIOUSLY wrong, but these are two seperate issues) Look at Google Street View at the moment. I’m sure he could sue you for the way in which you posted about the incident on the blog.

What he did was wrong, obviously. But this is still a photograph of a person, and in any other circumstance you would ASK PERMISSION before photographing someone.

What difference does it make that he was abusing a homeless guy? (OBVIOUSLY wrong, but these are two seperate issues)

Look at Google Street View at the moment.

]]> By: Anthony Riva http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/2008/05/11/overwhelming-response/comment-page-1/#comment-4827 Anthony Riva Mon, 12 May 2008 19:48:58 +0000 http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/?p=377#comment-4827 thank you for posting this and your original post/photo. you bring up a valid concern for those of us who like to take lots of public photos. people need to know their rights. especially photographers. no one has the right to take your camera or to prevent you from posting something on the internet. photographers should not feel threatened legally in any way. thank you for posting this and your original post/photo. you bring up a valid concern for those of us who like to take lots of public photos. people need to know their rights. especially photographers. no one has the right to take your camera or to prevent you from posting something on the internet. photographers should not feel threatened legally in any way.

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