Photography Student Videotaping Protest Gets Harassed From All Ends

[ProgressiveProfessor]

Videotaping a group of Verizon employees protesting outside their store in Massachusetts seemed like the natural thing to do for photography student Anthony Tulliani this afternoon.

After all, people exercising their right to demonstrate usually want to get their message across to as many people as possible.

Especially when it comes to an issue as important as job benefits. And especially when nobody else seemed to be paying attention.

But in less than five minutes, Tulliani created such a hysteria with his Android that he ended up just walking away – but not before letting them know he was well aware of his rights to record them


More here: http://www.pixiq.com/article/Photography-Student-Videotaping-Protest-Harassed-From-All-Ends
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Photography Is Not A Crime (PINAC) is dedicated to the freedom to bear cameras and use them in public. Most of the stories are about cops trying to suppress those freedoms. This one has both cops and demonstrators jumping on the student. Comments are also interesting.

PINAC (www.carlosmiller.com) is only other site besides DU I try to check daily.

[MyrnaLoy]

1. An Android isn't a camera

it's a P.O.S. cell phone posing as a camera. No self-respecting photo or video student would go with a fucking cell phone and think they are making a documentary. Take it from someone who knows film. Sure she has every right to do it but it sure is a stupid tool.

[joshcryer]

2. Oh wow, is this guy like the guy who runs arround with a gun holstered publically?

Just trying to stir shit up? I mean, I personally would be bothered by a single person recording me from afar without saying anything. The polite thing to do is ask people if you may have permission to film. This is distinct, I think, from filming, say, industrial parks and being questioned about it or whatever.