California Penal Code section 211. "Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear."
Most photogs I know wear their cameras on straps around their neck. In this case, your efforts to "get hold of the camera" would complete all the elements of a violent felony for which you could very well go to state prison.
I suppose in theory if someone were passing a camera around, you could snag it and delete images from it, and returning it promptly would narrowly avoid a theft charge, but I would be surprised in any potential confrontation if a photographer would be so careless about losing control of their camera.
You have no right to control a photograph taken of you. None whatsoever. You can sue for certain types of publication for profit in which your likeness is used to make other people money, or where the image is used to impugn your reputation, or when the photograph is taken in violation of a reasonable expectation of privacy (such as a restroom stall or in your own home from outside) but you can no more take a photograph from a photographer once it has been taken than I can take $20 from your wallet.
I work for people who devoutly wish they had the power to break cameras and erase film, and would spend millions of dollars to establish such a right if they could. No such luck.
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Date: 2009-11-30 06:21 am (UTC)Most photogs I know wear their cameras on straps around their neck. In this case, your efforts to "get hold of the camera" would complete all the elements of a violent felony for which you could very well go to state prison.
I suppose in theory if someone were passing a camera around, you could snag it and delete images from it, and returning it promptly would narrowly avoid a theft charge, but I would be surprised in any potential confrontation if a photographer would be so careless about losing control of their camera.
You have no right to control a photograph taken of you. None whatsoever. You can sue for certain types of publication for profit in which your likeness is used to make other people money, or where the image is used to impugn your reputation, or when the photograph is taken in violation of a reasonable expectation of privacy (such as a restroom stall or in your own home from outside) but you can no more take a photograph from a photographer once it has been taken than I can take $20 from your wallet.
I work for people who devoutly wish they had the power to break cameras and erase film, and would spend millions of dollars to establish such a right if they could. No such luck.
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-08-11-photography-rights_x.htm