Photog stopped by WDW Security @ DTD - Thoughts on this

[s8film40]

What makes you all think that Disney Security cannot legally run tag (license plate) numbers to identify people?

This:
http://www.flhsmv.gov/ddl/DPPAInfo.html
Maybe they could try one of the exemptions but it would really be a big stretch since all they did was ask the guy to leave and he left peacefully (supposedly).

You apparently are not familiar with DTD. There is no public sidewalk. Everything is on Disney property. The nearest public sidewalk is adjacent that Welcome to Disney World sign along SR 535, across from Crossroads.

Actually I am very familiar with the DTD property and what parts are owned by Disney as I have a WDW/RCID land ownership map hanging in my office. All of Buena Vista Drive and associated sidewalks/right of way is a public road. A lot of people (including WDW employees) don't realize that almost all Disney roads are public roads, It probably would have made for an interesting situation though if he had done that and the security guard tried to ask him to leave a public road.

 

[puntagordabob]

This photographer guy is a trouble maker...some of the posters further down in the list state his name and that he regularly goes to Las Vegas and starts trouble there.... so Disney did the right thing by kicking this Bozo out!

I have taken photos with my $1500 Olympus on a tripod after hours at MK, etc... no one bothered me... I even had a security guy help me set up a shot that he said I missed... Main Street was empty...except for him and a couple of us...

This guy was up to something...his pics were not solely for "Fun".... not saying he is a terrorist...he is very likely though making money off these somehow...thats my opinion and I stick by it.

Also to the posters that terrorists like Osama's bunch woulld not be interested in the House of Blues...are you kidding me??? WDW is an American icon...any attack there would be very publicly reported.... I SALUTE those guards at DTD who challenged this guy... Keep it up! I go to WDW all the time and knowing that some people there are "On The Ball" makes me feel a bit safer.... Can a determined terrorist always be stopped? Nope... But an aware public can put a much better chance to stop them...

Disney handled this correctly...

 

[PhotoDave219]

I have to keep remembering that none of you work in my industry and actually do this for a living.....

Everyone overreacted in this situation.

 

[mkt]

Also to the posters that terrorists like Osama's bunch woulld not be interested in the House of Blues...are you kidding me??? WDW is an American icon...any attack there would be very publicly reported.... I SALUTE those guards at DTD who challenged this guy... Keep it up! I go to WDW all the time and knowing that some people there are "On The Ball" makes me feel a bit safer.... Can a determined terrorist always be stopped? Nope... But an aware public can put a much better chance to stop them...

If keeping terrorists from getting photos of House of Blues is truly a priority, perhaps Disney better focus on getting Google Image Search, Flickr, Picasa, Smugmug and every other photoblog on the planet shut down.

Using that argument as a reason to restrict photography is pointless since well... if it can be photographed and it's a potential target, it's already online.

 

[puntagordabob]

If keeping terrorists from getting photos of House of Blues is truly a priority, perhaps Disney better focus on getting Google Image Search, Flickr, Picasa, Smugmug and every other photoblog on the planet shut down.

Using that argument as a reason to restrict photography is pointless since well... if it can be photographed and it's a potential target, it's already online.

In this instance (please reread my response) I stated my belief that this guy was up to no good and that he was making money off of these pics somehow... my inference to the terrorist angle was a more broad point that Yes the Osama Gang would love to hit an american icon like WDW....

I also stated my experiences with taking pics with my $1500 Olympus camera on tripod and had no issue after hours at MK. This GUY was the issue/problem...plain and simple.

Sorry if my post was misunderstood or if I could have written it better....we have all done that at one point or another!