Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Michigan

Re: Cameras in restaurants/malls?

It is not illegal but the management of a private establishment has a right to prevent pictures from being taken. What you should do to put the punk in his place, is contact the manager and explain that you are the representative of a band and would like to use his establishment to take pictures. If you get any into any magazines, tell him you'll give him a plug. Then return and the hamburger flipper will be put in his place. Explain to the employee that 25 years from now, he will still be slipping burgers.

Re: Cameras in restaurants/malls?

Mr. Stern is correct in that you do not have a right to take pictures within an establishment. I seem to recall a case having been dismissed in which a man sued because he was thrown out of a store for bringing his personal computer in to try to log prices for comparison shopping. So, in the future you might clear what you're doing at the management level. You'll get more with sugar in this case than with meanness, and I can see a few reasons why you could be thrown out for taking pictures. The other thing to consider is that you can run afoul of rights laws if you take pictures of other people, other customers and use them for marketing purposs without their consent.