RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

I tried taking the Wynn photo from the sidewalk along Las Vegas Blvd. and
got yelled at by a rent-a-cop.  The rent-a-cop clearly was out of line, but
was probably acting on orders from above.

Pretty clearly, we are not "free" to take all photos in public places in the
U.S. and we never have been.  Nowadays the restrictions have just been
tighten in the name of security.

Richard 

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Seltzer [mailto:Larry () larryseltzer com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:22 AM
To: Richard M. Smith; funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] FW: Windows Live and Privacy

> > ...Over the past few years, I've been yelled at for taking a photo of
a sign inside of an airport about the U.S. Visit program, a surveillance
camera at a Starbucks, and the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas while it was under
construction... 

The Starbucks and (probably) the casino examples are different than, for
example, the airport ones. It's nothing new that stores don't want you
taking pictures of their insides, and ironically it's also about IP
protection, specifically "trade dress." I heard of people getting in trouble
for this 20 years ago.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 

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