A while back someone posted a link to a USA today article about shooting pictures in public. I compiled some paragraphs found in those articles that I thought would apply to the "Singled-Out" challange:
Aside from sensitive government buildings (e.g., military bases), if you're on public property you can photograph anything you like, including private property. There are some limits ΓΆ€” using a zoom lens to shoot someone who has a reasonable expectation of privacy isn't covered ΓΆ€” but no one can come charging out of a business and tell you not to take photos of the building, period.
If the subject of the photograph has no reasonable expectation of privacy, then no invasion of privacy is possible. Photographs taken in public places generally are not actionable. Photos of crimes, arrests and accidents usually are considered newsworthy and immune from privacy claims.
You can take photos any place that's open to the public, whether or not it's private property. A mall, for example, is open to the public. So are most office buildings (at least the lobbies). You don't need permission; if you have permission to enter, you have permission to shoot.
You can take any photo that does not intrude upon or invade the privacy of a person, if that person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Someone walking in a mall or on the street? Fair game. Someone standing in a corner, looking at his new Prozac prescription? No. Using a long lens to shoot someone in an apartment? No.
No one can demand your camera or your digital media or film! Well, they can demand it, but you are under no obligation to give it to them. In fact, only an officer of the law or court can take it from you, AND THEN ONLY WITH A COURT ORDER. And if they try or threaten you? They can be charged with theft or coercion, and you may even have civil recourse.
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