Posted on 06/12/2015 5:47:17 PM PDT by redreno
A local pool manager has decided that taking video or photographs at the public pool is banned. Is this allowed?
My guess is no, it is not a legal statement, supported by law. How would they make sure? Have a TSA set up frisking and wanding people while at poolside? Some party!
Posting a rule...I think would be legal...
Considering the amount of fear out there of child predators potentially posting a picture of your child on some sleazy child porn website....
Since this is a public pool, anybody can walk in...
Would you like a perv pedophile taking pictures of your 14 year old daughter in her two piece suit?
Consult a licensed attorney in your state who specializes in pool side photography legal issues for a definitive answer.
If someone is being a jerk with a camera, the better solution might just to be to accidentally bump that person, and their camera, in the pool. Or accidentally splash a lot of water on their camera if it isn’t an underwater model. The pool manager is probably just trying to avoid having the situation degenerate into ‘self help’.
Start snapping pictures of my swimsuited daughter for your evil purposes at your own risk.
Creepy Rob Lowe?
The wording of the question is ambiguous.
I remember when I was a teenager, I used to go to what was then the biggest pool in the world, Fleishhacker Pool in San Francisco, a public-owned pool. There were cameras all over the place.
Fast forward to the last few years. I live in the California Central Valley and the Homeowners Association runs the pool owned by all the homeowners. I have taken many photos there. The pool can even be reserved (at a cost) for special events. So I would say yes.
However, I have not been to a "public pool" in many years, and the way federal laws are going, I probably never want to even think about it, ever again.
It is likely legal the same as would be in a public park... however, common sense says it is a touchy subject. Anyone stopping a father from taking photos of his children and family would be problem for many. But some guy wandering around the pool taking photos of the kids in a random fashion is another issue.
The pool manager is trying to err on the side of protection but technically some aspects of the policy are highly questionable. Sounds like a court case.
To me that sounds like a good rule. In my state you theoretically cannot take a picture of anyone without their permission anyway.
———Start snapping pictures of my swimsuited daughter for your evil purposes at your own risk.-——
With the high tech phone cameras most people own....you would never know....you can look like you are texting and take lots of high resolution pictures from afar...
The only way they could make this stick is, I believe, if there were many minors present.
They are legally UNABLE to consent to having their photo taken.
Usually this is applied if the kids are...like 5 or below 10.
I was once at a festival, taking a photo of a cute kid getting his face painted this really amazing way, and a TOTAL INSANE NUT who was completely unrelated to this kid make it his mission to stop me.
Very, very high-handed about it.
Weird thing —that guy is a karate teacher and a CLOWN, PRIME molester material.
That's very unlikely. It's more likely you can't use their photo in an ad or for any commercial purpose.
In 90% of places if you're in a public place you can be photographed for non-commercial purposes.
Can you name your state?
What they can probably do is A) ban cameras from the pool, and B) mark a perimeter of say, 100 ft diameter around the pool as a No Trespassing zone.
At least make the pervs use a long lens...
You should try again, and stop only if he consents to WRITE DOWN his rule for you and sign.
He’d be much, much more reluctant to do that, I think.
If he doesn’t then you might call the cops.
You can also sent an email off to your city manager. You’d ask what the policy is, and what happens when city personnel do not adhere to city policies.
In a public place? Of course it isn’t illegal.
But every nut parent likes to hide behind pedophilia as an excuse to push all types of goofy stuff no different than radical feminist use “rape culture”.
When I was a burb kid not far from inner city, in the late 50's and early 60's .... we boys went to the public pool ... (wait for it) in part .... (you're gonn'a LIKE this) ... to look at the girls !
There ... I said it
It is part of growiung up
But because a very few (I have NO STATS to back anything I say here) .. weirdo's have been caught and extensively publicized, everyone is a "perv"
Get over it .... REAL little boys really want to look
No idea.
Last summer I saw a sign that forbids photos at the Kowloon Park pool in Hong Kong. Mad me stop and think about the creeps that are everywhere in the world.
The pool manager, probably not, but the city could certainly pass an ordinance forbidding it....it would be very difficult to prevent such photography what with cell phones and laptops and notebooks all capable of taking excellent pictures....and up close too.
Yes, but neither would the pool manager. So this must be aimed at a slightly different issue.
Tell me what state. I’ll try to get there to take some pictures.
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