“This is a sport, a sport they’re very passionate about, and for someone to come in and take what these kids are doing and take it out of context and exploit these images, these kids and their schools, because you can see the school name on the caps, is just horrible.” “These kids don’t look at what they do as shameful,” said Joan Gould, an international water polo official and a spokeswoman for a group of Orange County water polo parents. “Based on our research, we have found it’s very hard to regulate images on the Internet,” Smyth said.
But (the fact) that these photos are on Web sites, pornographic Web sites, raises valid questions about its legality,” Solorio said.īut Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita, and constitutional law experts said the photographers are protected by the First Amendment. “The courts have generally favored free speech. Solorio, after being informed of the Register’s finding, said he will have the Public Safety Committee staff investigate the matter.