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Massachusetts Court Says 'Upskirt' Photos Are Legal

Posted by timothy on from the just-because-you-can dept.

cold fjord writes with this CNN report: "Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that it is not illegal to secretly photograph underneath a person's clothing — a practice known as "upskirting" — prompting one prosecutor to call for a revision of state law. The high court ruled that the practice did not violate the law because the women who were photographed while riding Boston public transportation were not nude or partially nude."

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  1. A new law in not what is needed by ISoldat53 · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's time to remove these judges.

    1. Re:A new law in not what is needed by s.petry · · Score: -1, Troll

      Correct answer. This answers the question below of this. This ruling is not just idiocy, but sets a dangerous precedent. To see the idiocy these judges used to rule, this gem says it all.

      "In sum, we interpret the phrase, 'a person who is ... partially nude' in the same way that the defendant does, namely, to mean a person who is partially clothed but who has one or more of the private parts of body exposed in plain view at the time that the putative defendant secretly photographs her," the high court ruled.

      In other words unless you have cloth covering every exposed inch of your body, you are 'partially nude' according to these fabulous judges.

      This level of idiocy is special. Not only should these people be removed from the bench but they should be banned from owning cameras themselves. You know, those grand children are only partially nude so it's okay to take pictures of them. (I hate to call out a potential 'for the children' argument, but the ruling reminds me of the stereotypical perverted uncle. Yeah, my family has one too.).

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      -The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.

    2. Re:A new law in not what is needed by Stormthirst · · Score: 1, Troll

      You realize that the underwear is part of the reason why they take the photos - right?

      There's a reason why girls doing the can-can wear underwear.

  2. Wait, what is this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    A Massachusetts court applying laws as written, rather than making up some bogus progressive interpretation to satisfy their liberal bias? That IS news!