I can legally get a telephoto lens, stand in the street and take pictures
through your windows, as long as I don't have to take extraordinary measures
to gain a line of sight. And there's nothing (legal) you can do about it.

mike regish

P.S. Don't worry. The last thing I want is pictures of you.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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What authority is needed to take pictures?


There are privacy laws in most states prohibiting people taking pictures
of
you if you don't want them taken, especially if the pictures are being
taken
as a form of intimidation or some other threat such as embarrassment. I
don't know about Massachusetts but across the state line in New York the
privacy laws are very strict indeed. Courts have held that celebrities
must
have a lower expectation of privacy, but even then the celeb's image
cannot
be used to promote a product or service without permission. After all, the
only real asset many celebrities have is their image, and it is not fair
to
allow just anyone to make commercial use of it.