Photographers in Southern California, home to Hollywood stars such as Lindsay Lohan and Brad Pitt, say a law signed last week by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger won't curb celebrity-chasing paparazzi.
``It's a joke,'' said Frank Griffin, a partner at Hollywood photo agency Bauer-Griffin, who for the last 15 years has dispatched paparazzi to pursue celebrities. ``If the market says I'm going to pay you $1,000 for a photograph, you're going to get a lot of renegades out there.''
The law subjects people who commit assault while taking pictures to civil damages and loss of profits from the photo. Publications that solicit the photos also can be held liable.
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guess we'll see wont we...
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