Man Confronts Reporter for Photographing Private Building from Public Road

liveleak.com ^ | 9/12/14 | Jeff Gray

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Man Confronts Reporter for Photographing Private Building from Public Road

PINAC reporter Jeff Gray was video recording from outside an indistinguishable building in Jacksonville today when it began speaking to him, a booming female voice telling him he was not allowed to take photos.

The voice, which was obviously coming from somewhere inside viewing him with a camera, almost seemed to be able to hear Gray speaking back, telling him he must walk to the building’s front gate, which he did, careful not to enter the property of the building.

A man then came walking out, acting as if he was going to physically confront Gray, reading the Photography is Not a Crimelabel on his shirt, telling him that it was a crime to take photos of a private building.

[MeganC]

If someone wants to control the images of their building then they should not build it where anyone can see it.

[cynwoody]

The above all applies to the IR spectrum most often used in cameras. Other parts of the spectrum might work somewhat different.

Millimeter wave camera sees through plywood (sort of):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFczV8dSJ2E

Maybe a more advanced version might work on the Wells Fargo building ... where are the guards? where is the money? where is the twit with the PA microphone? Gotta take her out first! Oceans 14?

[Sherman Logan]

Those aren’t IR. I looked into them some years ago. Looks like they’ve advanced quite a bit.

They’re an active sensor, emitting radiation and then scanning what bounces back, unlike IR or visible light cameras, which as passive.

I think these operate in the part of the electromagnetic spectrum above microwaves but below IR.

Interesting tech, but looks like it needs a lot more work to be practical for much.

[Vermont Lt]

It did not change that.

[Mad Dawgg]

Go stand on the public roads and take pictures of a Maximum Security Prison or a Federal Building and when the guys in black vans show up and tell you to stop tell them to shove it because you know the law. Then get back to me.

Actually have someone else get back to me with a video of the incident and have them film it from a hidden vantage point and be sure to tell them to leave the area immediately after the incident and that when they upload the video, do it at a internet cafe a few states away from where they live and to make sure their are no facial recognition cameras around.

[Vermont Lt]

Actually I have taken photos outside of maximum security prisons. The CT Max is about four miles away from my house. My kids played soccer in a field that abuts the prison. I have taken, literally, thousands of photos there. I even won a award for a picture of wild turkeys walking along the fence.

What was your point again?

[Mad Dawgg]

"Actually I have taken photos outside of maximum security prisons."

Yep I've taken pics Outside of a Maximum Security Prison also In fact every picture I've taken literally has been outside of a Maximum Security prison being I've never taken a picture inside of one.

But this is not what I said. I said go and stand on a public road and take pics of a Max Security Prison not of kids in a field next to one or turkeys or whatever. Make it obvious that you are indeed taking pics of the prison and in view of the security force of same and when they come out and tell you to move along tell them you know the law etc.

In Lucasville Ohio a fella stood on the public roads and took several photos of the Max Prison from same and when some gub'ment types showed up he told him how was within his rights and he wasn't leaving and they scarfed him up and had a little private powwow and when he left he had his camera and no pics. They explained how the patriot act made things real easy for them to charge him with a crime that could put him away for years.

This happened in 2012 IIRC and it did not make the papers even though he was on assignment to get some pics for a local paper. But that fella has never gone back to take more pics as far as I know.

[Vermont Lt]

So, I said I have done exactly what you said I couldn't do, on dozens of occasions, yet you believe what you "heard" someone else did--once. Ok. I guess you must be right.

[Cementjungle]

...telling him that it was a crime to take photos of a private building

I don't think that's true. You can get into copyright trouble if you PUBLISH photos of someone's private property, but I don't think there's anything that says you can't photograph a house/building.