http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/03/national/a124037D73.DTL
California cracks down on paparazzi
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Good!! If some people would be invading my privacy while I am at home or shooting me with telezooms through my window as I am taking a shit or having sex with my hot celebrity girlfriend/wife. Screw these guys!!
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California already has some anti-paparazzi laws. Doesn't really stop them though.
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Then in that case having brute security guys might help. Or perhaps there's now a market for a mini pocket EMP device. Celebrities would love that.
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Actually there is a device that works like a flash to blind paparazzi and there is also apparently some kind of laser that detects a camera's sensor(?!?) and then shoots a laser at the camera to blind the photographer!
Flash device
http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/features/e3ic88ec5d829eb7e96e76fd220d4089bf0Laser device
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/russian-billionaire-installs-anti-photo-shield-on-giant-yacht/Posted 2 years ago # -
Sweet!!!!
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Or just hire Jody Foster to punch their lights out (pun intended).
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So if that laser is strong enough to obliterate an image on the photographers CCD, I wonder if it would have any effect on his/her eye when they are looking through the viewfinder?
PS The way the news writeup is written it sounds like it would impact a private eye on a surveillance mission as well. I wonder if Tiger will move to Cali now...
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Formatted said:
Why can't this be offered to all members of the public and not those that get paid to be in the public eye.Well if you're not a celebrity then why would you want such devices?
monty11 said:
I thought about it too, but aren't PI-s licensed?I don't understand why it would matter if a PI is licensed or not?
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The bigger worry for me here is when is the legal perception of "paparazzi" going to affect street and journalistic photography. I've already been labeled a paparazzi many times (including by an officer) just for taking candids. I find the activities of many paparazzi both repulsive and often just vulgar but as a street photographer often get labeled as one because I have a "pro" camera but am not a tourist or "fashion" photographer.
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