Prohibición de fotografiar restos en tumbas humanas

Explicación Simple

No puedes tomar fotos de personas muertas que están enterradas en tumbas. Hay algunas excepciones, como si tienes permiso de la familia o si lo hace la policía por razones importantes.

Es como si alguien quisiera sacar una foto de un secreto familiar que debería mantenerse en privado; a veces es mejor respetar la privacidad de los demás.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un fotógrafo, encuentra una antigua tumba en un parque. Le gustaría tomar fotos para un proyecto, pero como no tiene permiso de la familia de la persona fallecida, no puede hacerlo. Si lo hiciera, podría meterse en problemas legales.

Penalidades

Hasta 2 años de prisión o multa de hasta $5,000 por violar esta ley.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 750.160a - Photograph of decedent located in human grave prohibited; exceptions; definitions Sec. 160a. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not knowingly photograph or publicly display a photograph of all or a portion of a decedent located in a human grave. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person acting pursuant to a court order, to a person who has obtained the written consent of the decedent's next of kin if the decedent's death occurred less than 100 years before the photographing or public displaying, or to a person who photographs or publicly displays a photograph described in subsection (1) for law enforcement, medical, archaeological, or scientific purposes. (3) As used in this section: (a) “Bottomlands of the Great Lakes” means bottomlands as that term is defined in section 76101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.76101. (b) “Decedent” means a dead human being. (c) “Human grave” means any of the following: (i) A site in this state intended for the permanent interment of all or a portion of a decedent. (ii) A location in this state, including the bottomlands of the Great Lakes, that contains all or a portion of a decedent who died in an accident or disaster and from which it is impracticable or not intended to remove all or a portion of the decedent. A location under this subparagraph includes a shipwreck and a site in the immediate vicinity of a shipwreck in which all or a portion of a decedent is located, and a mine or other underground location within which all or a portion of a decedent is located. (d) “Photograph” includes an image on videotape, motion picture or other film, or an image captured by digital means. MCL 750.160b - Violation of MCL 750.160a as felony; penalty Sec