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To: Snowshoe who wrote (91395)	6/12/2012 5:50:11 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217820

It's surprising that taking photos in the street and publishing them is illegal, but Germany would be a place to institute such a rule. They are very strict and teutonic. <Germany doesn't allow StreetView. > Street View is very useful. Germany and China are repressive places so they inherently dislike the free-wheeling Google spirit. No doubt the secret police are free to take all the photos they want and use them for whatever nefarious purpose they choose. Requiring a government permit to record and publish a public scene is a good step to controlling the population. Mqurice