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'Upskirt photos' legal, Massachusetts top court says

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for one thing.. why do little school girls where mini dress even in winter... is it legal to beat the crap out of someone who offends or attacks girls, women or an old ladies.. people who have little to no respect even for their own mothers.

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JVJ- Fully clothed and displaying undies weather intentional or accidental is one thing. The garment were of her choosing. An unsuspecting woman violated even with only a photo of here undergarments or less, is perverted and deserving a punch in the mouth. Is their a law saying "retaliation of a perverts action resulting in a KO punch is prohibited"?

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This is the great thing about the law in a society governed by a representative democracy. They can now change the law to strengthen the privacy rights of people in public. By the letter of the law as of now it is legal to take such photos. By this time next month or when the state legislature convenes such action will be illegal.

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@presto345 - nope, it's a loophole in the law. Had a similar case in which my wife and daughter were personally involved where a marina owner in NY installed cams in the women's change room. Wasn't a crime because, at that time, NY law said the vid had to have audio to be an offense. Soon got that law changed. Moved the boat.

Agree with the perv bit, but the courts are stuck with the law and most legislatures are very short sighted unless it comes to stuffing their own pockets. Or is that too cynical?

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Massachusetts court, well done, good job. Which age again are we living in? Thru your goggles women don't earn respect, don't have the right the way they dress, are open to aggression by perverts, or anyone else, with cameras aiming up their clothes. Are there issues with [mis]interpreting the laws that protect the integrity and equality of women?

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I am surprised that in some US states, they make a big deal of the size of a woman's bikini (for being too small, etc.) but it is OK to take pics up the skirt in BOSTON?? WTF??!!

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@StormR, Mate, I laughed so hard at your comment the 18year single malt Glen Elgin I was drinking went up my nose; I should sue you for damages..

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They are joking? Legal? Well, that's a pervert's charter.

Oh and if the act is done for sexual gratification, then it's a sex act... and the pervs who do it ARE doing it for sexual gratification. What other reason could there possibly be?

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Funny how some want to make this purely American story about Japan. What's up wit dat?

that does not apply to people who are fully clothed

I find it somewhat difficult to consider a skirt to be "fully clothed", and it only gets more difficult at it gets shorter. But so many women insist on going out that way despite not wishing to suffer any consequences for it.

You can sit back and insist that men should just "behave themselves" but the question is, how are you going to actually make that happen? Draconian law? Just so you can flash some skin with a false sense of security? Because even where upskirting gets men busted all the time, it still happens everyday.

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In the latest News - Large groups of Japanese salary men cause havoc and congestion at Narita Airport clambering over each other trying to board flights to Massachusetts

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I don't know. When a woman wears a skirt so short that when she shifts and recrosses her legs that her undies are easily in view, the invasion of privacy concept is as questionable as wearing a nearly sheer top, a la Paris Hilton and others.

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Short term opportunity for a Japanese Tour company?

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it is not a sex act... it is an invasion of privacy and abuse of women by men who are insecure and have small penis.

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Women have a “reasonable expectation of privacy in not having a stranger take photographs up her skirt.”

Yep

The law “in its current form does not address it.”

Yep.

So, it time to change the law.

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Bolstering the Peeping Tom law might be good idea, but it might drive panty pictures underground!

Legalise NUDE photography instead!

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