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A fellow named Jordan writes via Boing Boing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nSecurity guards in a Silver Springs business district are enforcing a "no photography" policy, under the false claim that the street in question is private property. The Peterson Company, which manages the buildings on this DC-area street, claims the right to protect their brand. Not to be dissuaded, photographers have contacted NowPublic<\/a> contributor Bill Adler (he of sippy-cup fame) and formed a Flickr group<\/a> to post photos of the area in defiance of the ban, and a protest is being scheduled by area photographers. this is the latest in the ongoing trend of private guards enforcing frivolous or nonexistent laws in the name of "security".\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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