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Originally Posted by Name

The paparazzies generally shoot in public area's, out in the street and use teh guise of "journalism" to make it unneccessary for model releases. Even teh shots of "celebrities" in private places are generally shot from a public location to allow them to keep this blanket of "journalism" intact.

Yes, the photographer has a lot of rights if they are in a public place and the subject is in view.

This is kind of a tangent, but it highlights how the subject has little rights. There was a case a few years back of a couple that was successfully convicted for corruption of a minor. Why? Well, for some reason (I don't remember the full setup, something about she had seen the couple having sex through their window and wanted to teach her son and them a lesson or some such rot) while the couple was having sex in their own bedroom with the door mostly closed, she brough her son to a place in their yard where they could see them through the window and in their bathroom mirror and proceeded to film them. And instead of this weirdo being convicted of invasion of privacy, this couple was given community service for having sex in their own bedroom.

So yeah, if the photographer is in a public place, they've got the rights.