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Download a printable flyer explaining a photographer’s rights (that can fold into your camera case), produced by attorney Bert Krages:
The right to take photographs in the United States is being challenged more than ever. People are being stopped, harassed, and even intimidated into handing over their personal property simply because they were taking photographs of subjects that made other people uncomfortable. Recent examples have included photographing industrial plants, bridges, buildings, trains, and bus stations. For the most part, attempts to restrict photography are based on misguided fears about the supposed dangers that unrestricted photography presents to society.
Another blogger, Bruce Schneier, writes about a war on photography that comes with the war on terror and why the former (at least) is dumb. And he has similar advice:
If you’re harassed [in a public place], it’s almost certainly a law enforcement official, public or private, acting way beyond his authority. There’s nothing in any post-9/11 law that restricts your right to photograph.
But seriously when does this kind of knowledge ever get you out of trouble?
