If its illegal to take someones photo without permission, why do paparazzi get away with it?
Actually, it isn’t illegal to take someone’s picture if they’re just walking down the street or something. Not long ago, I read about a “man” (total idiot) who runs a website that posts pictures of little children. (It’s basically a pervert site, but he operates it from outside the U.S. and he hasn’t technically broken any laws so they can’t stop him.) There is nothing to stop him from taking pictures of your child as you walk down the street with him or her. I would imagine it’s the same for anyone in a public setting. From what I can gather, the person who takes the picture holds the copyright to it and can do as they please with it. Now if someone was taking pictures of someone else in a private setting without them knowing about it (like peeking in their windows), that would probably be a whole different thing.
