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From January, they face $50,000 fine for unauthorised clicking in California.
A new California law will fine paparazzi for taking photos that invade a celebrity's right to privacy. The law also targets media outlets that purchase the photos. Signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday, the bill makes it a crime to take and sell unauthorised photos of celebrities in "personal or familial activity." Violators face fines up to $50,000.
“Throngs of photographers often jockey to get the perfect shot of a celebrity, but that doesn't mean it's welcomed,” CNN noted. Britney Spears famously had enough one night, taking an umbrella to a photographer's SUV.
In 1998, Schwarzenegger himself had his car swarmed by paparazzi while he was picking up his child from school. Jennifer Aniston received $550,000 and an apology from a photographer who used a high-powered telephoto lens to shoot her in the backyard wearing only panties.
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