Legal issues?

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Hey guys. I was out & about yesterday with the Wife shopping :( and I decided to bring my little Canon powershot to grab some photos, the D40 is simply too big to carry into a store. Let me tell you why. I saw some cool shots and decided to snap some of clothes, signs, etc...I was told "I was not allowed to shoot pictures in the store." Is this correct? People react real funny when you take that camera out....Post 9-11 fears? Who knows, just wondering if any of you have run into this.. Thanks, happy shooting even if you have to sneak your shots! :thumbsup:
 
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It has nothing to do with legality, and everything to do with store policies. When there's no permission given to you by the store, workers are told to keep customers from taking photographs or videos (including with a phone). I worked at a retail store.

Why? Well let me tell you about a case where a small store owner saw a customer taking photos in his store. I don't remember all the details, but the customer loved the look of store and expressed this, and the store owner was glad to have him take photos. However, little did he know, the customer was taking photos of the surveillance system. Coincidentally, that night the shop was broken into (I think a 4x4 rammed a through a wall where there was no surveillance), and everything had been stolen.

I'm pretty sure it's not post 9/11, it's pre 9/11.
 
By the way this was some of the pictures taken in a whole foods market and a JCrew...
 

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On the door of every Whole Foods Market there is a sign that photography is prohibited. You are allowed to take photos of anything or anyone on public property or even private property that is visible from public property. If you are taking photos within private property you have to have consent. Publishing photos, even those taken on public property, is a different story.
 
Ooops...Like I said, back to nature photography...:)
Thanks for the info, always wondered about the legal aspect of photographing people & places.
 
Retail stores get uptight with cameras. And with the age of cell phones, people are doing price comparing with them and retailers are freaking out.....
 
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