Agree.
'AI' is making people lazy to the degree that it's no longer necessary to have any store of knowledge, or to actually think - just type a badly worded query into one of the 'AI Assistants' built into most browsers and hey presto! a quick...
I would imagine that a lot of the 'scrutiny' would be avoided if it looked as though you'd been using it along with any other camera gear you took with you for the trip... and it wasn't still in the packaging.
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Just had a quick 30 second check with reputable on-line sources.
https://temp.inthestreets.co/laws/california-street-photography-laws
Street photography in California is generally legal under the First Amendment, allowing...
The laws in California may be very different to this side of the pond, so check your local statutes first... but in general: you should be covered by the incidental inclusion clause... unless your specific intent is to take a photograph of an...