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Subject: [OM] [ OT] now Americans are losing their right to enjoy photography in public places
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:04:50 +1300
>From the Cosina-Voigtlander User Group (CVUG)

And of all places:  Burlington, VT.

http://www.7dvt.com/2010photographer-banned-taking-pictures-church-
street

Folks whipped up hysteria about him, and sent the cops to his workplace to
interrogate him for 45 minutes.  He's now subject to a "Universal Trespass
Order" which bans him from about half the businesses there for a year's
time.  No trial, just a business owner complaining and the order filed.

More on Burlington's Universal Trespass Order:

http://www.7dvt.com/2005/exile-church-street

Brian Swale. 
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