http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/...pics-are-legal/

Looks like Frank Cannon will be vacationing in Massachusetts this year....

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Apparently there is no expectation of privacy up your skirt in Massachusetts.

The state’s highest court ruled Wednesday that it is not illegal to secretly photograph underneath a person’s clothing — a practice commonly dubbed “upskirting” — and now one prosecutor is calling for a revision of state law, the Boston Herald reported.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the practice does not violate the law — a so-called “peeping Tom” law written 10 years ago — because the women who were photographed while riding Boston public transportation were not nude or partially nude.

The current state law prohibits photographing an unsuspecting nude or partially nude person “is concerned with proscribing peeping Tom voyeurism of people who are completely or partially undressed and, in particular, such voyeurism enhanced by electronic devices,” the court ruled.

The decision was promoted by the criminal case of Michael S. Robertson, 32, who was charged with taking cell phone photos of women on public transportation buses and faced more than two years in jail had he been convicted.

“We believed that the statute criminalized upskirt photography, but since the SJC found otherwise we are urging legislators to act with all due haste in rewriting this statute in protecting commuters’ privacy,” Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said. “Everyone — man or woman — should have a right to privacy beneath their own clothes.”

Conley said upskirting is “repulsive behavior” and he’s pushing to see the law changed as soon as possible.

The justices seemed to agree that the law should be changed, including these comments in their brief, CNN reported:

“At the core of the Commonwealth’s argument … is the proposition is that a woman, and in particular a woman riding on a public trolley, has a reasonable expectation of privacy in not having a stranger secretly take photographs up her skirt. The proposition is eminently reasonable, but in it’s current form, does not address it.”

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Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #2

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We know how to coddle our pervs up here in MA!

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Looks like Frank Cannon will be vacationing in Massachusetts this year....

So you'll be sharing your vacation photos with us, right?

Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #5

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Looks like Frank Cannon will be vacationing in Massachusetts this year....

So you'll be sharing your vacation photos with us, right?

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If I were inclined to venture in the Upskirt web biz how much does a pair of camera shoes run Frank?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news for Frank (good news for us ladies).....but....looks like MA is not going to allow the upskirt pics afterall:

Massachusetts Legislature passes 'upskirting' ban

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(CNN) -- Massachusetts lawmakers Thursday passed a bill banning "upskirting" in response to a ruling by the state's highest court that said a law aimed at criminalizing voyeurism did not apply to the snapping of secret photos up a woman's skirt.

The bill now goes to Gov. Deval Patrick, who has publicly committed to signing it, his office said Thursday.

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Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #10

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news for Frank (good news for us ladies).....but....looks like MA is not going to allow the upskirt pics afterall:

Massachusetts Legislature passes 'upskirting' ban

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(CNN) -- Massachusetts lawmakers Thursday passed a bill banning "upskirting" in response to a ruling by the state's highest court that said a law aimed at criminalizing voyeurism did not apply to the snapping of secret photos up a woman's skirt.

The bill now goes to Gov. Deval Patrick, who has publicly committed to signing it, his office said Thursday.

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I still got time. Until it is signed, I will continue to fake epileptic seizure around chicks with skirts.

Make sure you are wearing your glasses

Quote: Eglman wrote in post #12

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Make sure you are wearing your glasses

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Hey just pointing out the pit-falls--Just saying there are risks in everything

What's that saying : It's all fun until someone gets hurt

Folks. The dream is now officially dead. The Gov just signed the bill into law. Just happened moments ago...

'Upskirt' ban in Massachusetts signed into law

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/justice/ma...s-upskirt-bill/