Upskirting now legal in Massachusetts - Polidicks

[quote] BOSTON —The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that secretly photographing under a woman's skirt, or "upskirting," is not against state law because the women are not nude or partially nude The high court ruled that the law that prohibits "Peeping Tom" voyeurism did not apply to pictures taken of people who are fully clothed.[/quote] [url=http://www.wcvb.com/news/shooting-photos-up-womens-skirts-legal-in-mass-high-court-rules/24816602]Source: WCVB-TV[/url]

And now you've gotta make exceptions for those times when said peeping toms DO catch something unclothed, which means more court cases. Have fun with that.

Well, it looks like it's time for me to go and buy a high quality camera.

Didn't japan have camera's that made loud obnoxious noises whenever a picture was taken to combat this or am i crazy?

By that logic, does it mean that walking around in public in your underwear is legal?

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44141052]By that logic, does it mean that walking around in public in your underwear is legal?[/QUOTE] Uh... That's [B]been[/B] legal?

I love my state sometimes and this isn't one of the times. This is really stupid. [editline]5th March 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44141052]By that logic, does it mean that walking around in public in your underwear is legal?[/QUOTE] Bikinis?

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44141052]By that logic, does it mean that walking around in public in your underwear is legal?[/QUOTE] [quote=The article]...voyeurism did not apply to pictures taken of people who are fully clothed.[/quote] You'll have a difficult time finding a court that is going to consider someone wearing only underwear to be fully clothed.

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44141052]By that logic, does it mean that walking around in public in your underwear is legal?[/QUOTE] Well, considering some swimwear is more revealing than underwear, I'd guess so. I'd recommend heavily against it though.

That's ridiculous. The shame and discomfort is not about the intrusion or the pic itself, it's about the act and try of someone doing it.

I clicked this expecting pictures for some reason.

this is fucking stupid

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[QUOTE=Disgruntled;44140991]And now you've gotta make exceptions for those times when said peeping toms DO catch something unclothed, which means more court cases. Have fun with that.[/QUOTE] No, the decision says it does not matter what the women wear, or don't wear, under their clothes. The idea is that if the woman is wearing a skirt that means she is clothed according to the law as it is now. No peeping or voyeurism possible. Now, if they rewrite the law, or write a new one, that specifies that any upskirt photography is by default illegal, then no one has to worry about what women are wearing. edit: [QUOTE=Killuah;44141115]That's ridiculous. The shame and discomfort is not about the intrusion or the pic itself, it's about the act and try of someone doing it.[/QUOTE] The problem is the law in that state currently does not account for that. The court even suggested that the law be changed. The courts rule on law, they don't write it.

I don't care if it's technically legal, someone somewhere should have stopped and said "wait, we're making voyeurism legal, what the fuck everyone." Furthermore I think taking pictures of someone's underwear is far from "fully clothed"

[QUOTE=FingerSpazem;44141028]Didn't japan have camera's that made loud obnoxious noises whenever a picture was taken to combat this or am i crazy?[/QUOTE] Wouldn't surprise me, though while I was traveling in Japan I didn't hear any obnoxious camera noises, and many people take pictures in Disney Land. However, In Japan you can't mute the shutter sound on your phone's camera.

Just in time for PAX East

Shooting at random people now legal as long as thy wear protective armour.

What a good day to live in this state.

[QUOTE=Disgruntled;44140991]And now you've gotta make exceptions for those times when said peeping toms DO catch something unclothed, which means more court cases. Have fun with that.[/QUOTE] Court costs money you know *Inside Massachusetts's head: "$$$"

[QUOTE=dannass;44141876]Court costs money you know *Inside Massachusetts's head: "$$$"[/QUOTE] Using that logic, we should be fully legalized by the next voting session.

[QUOTE=Protocol7;44141259]I don't care if it's technically legal, someone somewhere should have stopped and said "wait, we're making voyeurism legal, what the fuck everyone." [/QUOTE] The courts don't write the laws, they interpret them. Upskirting isn't illegal, if you want it to be illegal, that's the legislature's job.

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[QUOTE=Killuah;44141531]Shooting at random people now legal as long as thy wear protective armour.[/QUOTE] how do you even make this comparison

[QUOTE=Killuah;44141531]Shooting at random people now legal as long as thy wear protective armour.[/QUOTE] what

[QUOTE=sam6420;44142013]FTFY. This seems.. weird and pointless?[/QUOTE] like your edit?

This is pretty cool. Pretty cool indeed.

I'm honestly dumbfounded this has actually been made legal

Good thing my girlfriend is up in Maine for college. And she doesn't like to wear skirts often.

I thought upskirting was cutting through a hovercraft's skirt with a blade of some sort (the hovercraft equivalent of slashing someone's tires). It doesn't make sense for this to be legal, either.