Photographing farm scenery could land you in jail under Senate bill

Now, here's a headline you don't see every day.

They are not just covering up animal crulity with this kind of bill but also the ability of citizens to show immigrant slavery and abuse as well.

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What are they hiding? Animal cruelty? Pollution? Abject soil erosion? These guys are wanting to hide something. Just like Wikileaks has a moral obligation to expose government,corporate malfeasance,reporting what is going on farms when they sell to the public is a 1st Amendment right.

Thanks for posting this. I would not have seen it elsewhere.

To protect "intellectual property". No mention of protecting the farmers, just the interests of large corporations. Absolutely absurd. Having grown up on a farm myself, I'd only welcome people taking photos.

How would rural people get their voice heard if no one was allowed to take photos in their neighbourhood? Maybe some are interested in laying the groundwork for a takeover of country areas. Maybe I'm just suspicious, but I find censorship of food production and agricultural areas quite alarming.

This is crazy I'm at a lost for words but it's another crazy idea from another crazy Republican.

This has to be one of the most ludicrous ideas our lawmakers have ever come up with! I actually thought it was a joke when I first started reading it but it's not in the 'Comedy' section of the site.

This is an attempt to hide information from the public about what really goes on in the farm "industry". The way they treat the livestock, and what is actually being put into our food. This bill is bullshit, and this Senator is wasting air.

If it's open to plain view and the photography is done without trespass I don't see the problem. I doubt that animal cruelty has anything to do with this bill. Don't legislators have any real problems to deal with??

I would be willing to bet the farm that this has more to do with photographing the effects of Monsanto and Dow chemicals than animal rights.

Another great post, bundlebear!

Tell that to GOOGLE.

Can't do this. Photographing laws state that anything can shot as long it is within public view and your are standing on public property. This includes playgrounds, banks, and even into houses. If you don't want it to be photographed, don't put it in public view.

Well, if it passes----what say we all mosey on down to corporate headquarters then sue the bastards for taking surveillance photos of us without our written permission.

Unconstitutional..ppl also need to have the right to know what is REALLY going on in slaughterhouses. They wouldn't make this law unless they were afraid of ppl finding out.

Free the weed

ok folks we need REALY NEED somebody or a united nations gruop to put these bill passers or paper pushers in a mental health facility then start a gruop to start getting rid of laws and stupid acts, bills, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE BOND FIRES FROM THIS oh yes everything is terrorist, i guess like the macarthy period , i thuoght americans where for freedom and the constitution or is this just a fantasy ??????//

Why pass it if they know it won't stand constitutional challenge she asks? Possibly because it may go unnoticed and unchallenged for a long time before it's ever checked.

I live in Florida, I'll copy and paste send it to my congressmen with an outraged note. That's a beginning. We'll put it on our laundry list just in case.

Let me guess...
Norman is afraid that someone will snap a photo of him performing carnal acts with his best 4-legged girlfriend. Sex with animals is perfectly legal in Florida.
Just don't take a photo of it or you are the criminal.
Twisted!

Yay for small government!

welcome to communism .. get used to it and learn mandarin

I'm glad I have enjoyed taking pictures of farms, before it becomes illegal.

One day my husband and I were driving along a country road and we came across a farm where the cows seemed to be heading in. I told him to stop, I wanted to take a picture. He told me, 'what, do you think they are going to strike a pose'. What do you know, I aimed my camera and one of the cows stopped and 'struck a pose'. It was amazing and fortunately legal.

How about photographs of inhumane acts, or activities that corner the market. Remember the strawberries. They didn't want a bumper crop because too much means less demand.

Camera's illegal(NEXT) NO free press, the eyes of america would be closed shut ...what a shame .. HOMELAND SECURITY they cannot keep us safe!!! Proof nine elevin, proof columbine,proof...etc...etc..Who is gonna protect us from them!!!

I want to know what made him want to put all his time and energy into this bill, when it's so obviously stupid and unconstitutional!!!

Break it up. Move on, now. Nothing here to see.

So I guess some of the folks in public office have stock in the factory farming busisness. They are wanting to hide something or this would not bother them. the time to worry is when they no longer want to be photographed. Because we all know those that want to hide something are the ones that don't want evidence of their wrong doing.

I wonder when merely looking at things will start landing you in jail.