Friday, January 30, 2009

Elsie Law's Daily Dose Of The Law

A Republican representative from Long Island has introduced a bill that would make it mandatory that cellphones make a sound when they are being utilized to take pictures. According to The Gothamist, Japan already has such a law in place.

Some citizens have reasoned that if this law is passed, it would deter people from using their camera phones in a way that could help someone. For example, a camera sound could alert a predator that their picture is being taken. On the other side of things, contemplate how such a law would assist the controllers of an Orwellian 1984-type of society.

The Gothamist says that the aforementioned bill is part of the proposed Camera Phone Predator Alert Act, and it is not likely that the act will pass in its current form.

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