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Originally Posted by anonjohn
If this is the "legal reason", it is an interesting loophole ... if the only crime (in NSW) is in taking the photos, but there is no crime in publishing them?
Would any claim for civil damages be also affected by the same statute of limitation?
6 months sounds like a very short time for a statute of limitation which seems to makes such a law ineffective.
But then, I am NOT a lawyer - so this is just me thinking aloud and not necessarily expecting an answer.
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It is a short time indeed, but that is the statute for a 'summary' offence in NSW, that is, an offence punishable by a only a maximum of 2 years prison. You are correct that publishing the photos would not be an offence, but that may be enough to alert the authorities that they were taken and give them time to investigate and take action. Unlikely that that would be the case, because you are right, it is an ineffective law. But I can understand someone wanting to play it safe anyway