Internet outcry spurs new law regarding Up-Skirt Photos
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 03/08/2014 11:44 AM
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The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts issued a ruling that allowed a man accused of taking “upskirt” photos to avoid prosecution.
On Friday, Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill making it illegal to secretly take photographs or videos under someone’s clothing.
The old law read that people were prohibited from: “photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling(sic) a nude or partially nude person.” That left the court to dismiss charges against a man who was taking photos on his smartphone camera of female passengers on an MBTA trolley who were wearing underwear.
According to the Boston Globe, the Governor signed the bill that changes the wording of the law to “the sexual or other intimate parts of a person under or around the person’s clothing.”
It is now a misdemeanor under Massachusetts law to take such photos. Distribution of said photos ups the charge to a felony.
On Friday, Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill making it illegal to secretly take photographs or videos under someone’s clothing.
The old law read that people were prohibited from: “photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling(sic) a nude or partially nude person.” That left the court to dismiss charges against a man who was taking photos on his smartphone camera of female passengers on an MBTA trolley who were wearing underwear.
According to the Boston Globe, the Governor signed the bill that changes the wording of the law to “the sexual or other intimate parts of a person under or around the person’s clothing.”
It is now a misdemeanor under Massachusetts law to take such photos. Distribution of said photos ups the charge to a felony.
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