Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 3: Public Recording, Monetization, Police Encounters, and the Limits of Lawful Conduct

By the time we reached this part of the semester in my Media Law class, the room felt different. Copyright had been structured. Privacy had been layered. But now we were talking about public confrontation. Cameras on sidewalks. Musicians are being recorded without permission. Journalists challenged by police. Business owners are angry about being filmed. The professor, who was a Pittsburgh-based…