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If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer

Adam Patterson — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:55:36 +0000

I was reading a blog post from Jeremy Brooks
about a man who threaten legal action because his photo was taken. I have had some issues doing video work a few years back of a lady who said she was in witness protection and that she wanted the tape back.

Its important to know your rights, there is a good article at Photojojo on The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography. Read thought it, and make sure you are abiding by the Law.

This guy was on the corner of Stockton and Columbus

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Google HTTP Geocoding

Adam Patterson — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:42:56 +0000

I have been doing a lot of searching in regards to Google Maps and information on there API. In my Addressbook I had a some what dynamic but clumsy way of showing some ones location.

So when I would pull the information I would use a PHP function called “urlencode” it basically converts spaces to underscores so your URL won’t explode and make Google angry.

This works fine but I was opening a new window that I had no control over. so that’s when I began to look into the API and after a bit of looking…