Reply #64: You are wrong on so many levels [View All]

[RagingInMiami]

i expected to see a newsworthy photo

First of all, this is a very newsworthy photo considering the cop deleted the photographer's memory card.

And even if he didn't do that, the photo could be used in a number of news article, for example articles on speed traps or maybe police overusing cell phone privileges.

you have no right to take someone's photo and use their image without their permission/signed release UNLESS there is a valid news reason or the person is a figure of public interest

Wrong. You have every right to take anybody's photo if they are in public view. Period. The only time you need a signed release is if you plan on using that photo for commercial purposes, for example, in this case maybe a motorcycle magazine ad.

how would you like it if some fuckwit came up to you and started taking your picture without permission? it's an invasion of privacy and frankly i'm inclined to say, good for the cop

It's only an invasion of privacy if that person has a "reasonable expectation" for privacy, for example in a bathroom stall or inside his home. This cop was sitting on the side of a busy road plain as day.

when i took photos, i always got a signed release since my photos were just illo for service items and not hard hitting news photos, it isn't just courteous, it's really sort of the law

No, it's not "sort of the law". There is no such thing as "sort of the law". It either is or it isn't. In this case, it isn't as I explained above.

my image belongs to me, i don't give up my right to my image just because i'm at work

Wrong. The images belong to the photographer.