I need some legal help!

[el gancho]

Preventative legal help, that is. Anybody know of a good physical resource (book) that has specifics on laws that photojournalists should or have to know? I'm looking for federal and/or state laws that apply to Philly or Pennsylvania. I have a basic knowledge of what is legal, but I would LOVE to have something physical in my hands in which I can actually read and see specific letters of the law or precedent cases. I would think that something like this exists, but I sure can't find it. Do I just have to get the laws from gov't. websites? Is there not a handbook type of thing for this? If there isn't, anyone interested in making one and becoming a rich book publisher instead of being a hack photojournalist? Just kidding, of course, and excuse the bad grammar. I figger there's just gotta be a handy dandy reference manual for all of us somewhere. Any ideas? Thanks for your help, the hook.

 

[<geek>]

yep been complaining about this for a long time.

we live in the day of the sue them lottery you'd think some lawyer out their would be ambulance chasing the journalists who've been interfeared with.

http://www.rcfp.org/

http://www.spj.org/

you cannot have a reasonable expectation of pravacy while in public view is about the only defence to the first amendment we have left

 

[photogguy]

Originally posted by <geek>:
yep been complaining about this for a long time.

we live in the day of the sue them lottery you'd think some lawyer out their would be ambulance chasing the journalists who've been interfeared with.

http://www.rcfp.org/

http://www.spj.org/

you cannot have a reasonable expectation of pravacy while in public view is about the only defence to the first amendment we have left

Those links are great, especially the spj.org link. There is a photographers guide to privacy that I read...a bit hard to read, but worth taking the time.