ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER - NEW PAPARAZZI LAW SIGNED IN SACRAMENTO

NEW PAPARAZZI LAW SIGNED IN SACRAMENTO

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who, in his previous career as a movie star, once found himself surrounded by photographers when he tried to pick up his children from school, has signed an amendment to a 1998 law that makes it a crime for a photographer to take and sell unauthorized pictures of celebrities engaged in "personal or familial activity." The amendment says that "an assault committed with the intent to capture any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression" of a celebrity can be punished by a fine of $50,000. Questions immediately arose over how the amendment, which takes effect in January, would be enforced, given the fact that the 1998 law was generally perceived to be toothless and a violation of the First Amendment.

14/10/2009