2. Yes No

3. Yes No

4. Yes No

5. Yes No

6. Yes No

7. Yes No

8. Yes No

9. Yes No

10. Anyone in a public place can take pictures of anything they want. Public places include parks, sidewalks, streets, etc.

11. If you are on public property, you can take pictures of private property. If a building, for example, is visible from the sidewalk, it’s fair game.

12. Yes No

13. If you are on private property and are asked not to take pictures, you are obligated to honor that request. This includes posted signs.

14. If someone tries to confiscate your camera and/or film, you don’t have to give it to them. If they take it by force or threaten you, they can be liable for things like theft and coercion. Even law enforcement officers need a court order.

15. Private parties have very limited rights to detain you against your will, and can be subject to legal action if they harass you.

16. Yes No

17. People can be photographed if they are in public (without their consent) unless they have secluded themselves and can expect a reasonable degree of privacy.

19. Yes No

20. The following can almost always be photographed from public places, despite popular opinion: accident & fire scenes, criminal activities bridges & other infrastructure, transportation facilities (i.e. airports) industrial facilities, Superfund sites public utilities, residential & commercial buildings children, celebrities, law enforcement officers UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, Chuck Norris

21. Yes No

22. Sensitive government buildings (military bases, nuclear facilities) can prohibit photography if it is deemed a threat to national security.

23. Although “security” is often given as the reason somebody doesn’t want you to take photos, it’s rarely valid. Taking a photo of a publicly visible subject does not constitute terrorism, nor does it infringe on a company’s trade secrets.

24. If you are challenged, you do not have to explain why you are taking pictures, nor to you have to disclose your identity (except in some cases when questioned by a law enforcement officer.)

25. Public Disclosure of Private and Embarrassing Facts The person suing must show that the information was: (1) sufficiently private or not already in the public domain, (2) sufficiently intimate, and (3) highly offensive to a reasonable person.

27. Yes No

28. False Light A false light claim can arise anytime you unflatteringly portray -in words or pictures- a person as something that he or she is not. A typical "false light" problem can arise where a misleading caption is published with a photo (for example, a caption describes a bystander at an unlawful demonstration as a "participant").

30. Yes No

31. Intrusion Upon Seclusion A photographer can be sued even when the information obtained is never published. It occurs when a reporter gathers information. As a general rule, reporters are allowed to enter privately owned public places, for example, private school campuses or malls. However, also as a general rule, they must leave when they are asked. Three most common types of intrusion (1) Trespass: going onto private property without the owner's consent. (2) Secret Surveillance: using bugging equipment or hidden cameras. The laws vary by state but as a general rule reporters can legally photograph or record anything from a public area, such as a sidewalk, but they cannot use technology to improve upon what an unaided person would be able to see or hear from that public place. (3) Misrepresentation

32. Yes No

33. Misappropriation of Name or Likeness Misappropriation is the unauthorized use of a person's name, photograph, likeness, voice or endorsement to promote the sale of a commercial product or service. (For example, using a photo of your school's star athlete in an for a pizza restaurant without her permission.) To avoid problems, publications should routinely have subjects sign a model release form written in simple, straightforward language when using their name or likeness in a commercial ad.

34. * Avoiding Misappropriation * Use a model release form to use your pictures for commercial purposes (print ads, websites, etc.) * Use it for any endorsement of a product

36. Yes No

37. The owner can confiscate the camera since he asked the photographer to stop taking pictures on his private property, and gave a fair warning. The owner can take the memory card and delete the images and then return them, because he has no right to take the materials, but can delete the files. The owner can do nothing about it because to take the camera would be theft, and the people are on his property already. The owner could ask the photographer to leave, and possibly get the police to look into trespassing, because it’s private property and the photographer refuses to obey the rules of the private property.