Take a Photo and We’d have to Shoot Ya!
Posted on this Sunday, April 27, 2008 07:57 by caw
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Note: This was one of the few posts on a class blog and it’s one of the few I’m going to “transplant” to my new blog. The original post was 6 April 2008. I should explain that the folks in question stood between my teenage son and a completed project for a photography class. I’m over it now.
There are just days when you just want to slap people!
For our latest photo assignment, my son wanted to buy a video game. The plan was to go to our local game store, browse the titles, buy a game, bring it home, put it in the Xbox and play it. At each point in the process, we’d take pictures. Easy enough, right? Wrong.
The local game store is called Play-n-Trade. Located here in Anthem, they have a good selection of games (including titles for consoles that came out when I was a kid). They have helpful people behind the counter. They also won’t let you take pictures of or in their shop. Why, you ask? The answer is because “it’s private property” and if we took pictures, they would “confiscate them.”
Does that sound like BS or what?!? We are talkin’ photos for a college assignment, not a magazine cover!
At least they didn’t claim it was for “security.” Given today’s post-9/11 mindset security is the standard answer for everything. You can take photos outside a stadium because of security. Nor of airports, court buildings, public landmarks, and – god forbid! – you should put your pics on a website to share with family and friends (all 8 billion of them)! And they didn’t claim it would be copyright or trademark infringement, another common reason. Did you know the architecture (facade) of a building or a landmark can be copyright? That means no photos without someone’s written permission – and a cut of the profits while you’re at it! Have you ever thought how assinine that one is? Everyone can see it right there on the streetside! For the record, this store’s architecture looks like just about every other strip mall in Phoenix.
So, to all you would-be photographers out there take note: you take a picture and we might have to shoot ya!
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