Legal Issues In France Regarding Spy Shots
<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/logos/Icon-France.jpg" width="100" height="100" title="France article" alt="France Article" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/logos/Icon-Law.jpg" width="100" height="100" title="Law article" alt="Law Article" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table>French car manufacturer Renault has had a journalist from the car magazine Auto Plus arrested on 5 counts, including espionage. Why?
Because he received photos of a new car that was going to be released 3 years from now, and the photos were given apparently by an employee of Renault. This can mean that spy shots are illegal, and would safeguard a manufacturer's testing.
Damn... now I'm not going to post the spy shots of the new BMW K1800LT motorcycle....
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http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/legal-issues-in-france-regarding-spy-shots.htm