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Once again: it it perfectly legal to audio and video record in officer in MA as long as the officer knows you're going it (and presuming that the act of recordi
by Anechoic 16y ago
Once again: it it perfectly legal to audio and video record in officer in MA as long as the officer knows you're going it (and presuming that the act of recording doesn't interfere with the officer's duties). You can videotape (without audio) an officer (or anyone) without their knowledge, but you cannot audio record an officer (or anyone) without their knowledge. In any case, you do not need consent, that just have to be notified that the recording is taking place.
Yes, Simon Glik was arrested but the charges were dismissed. The applicable law is here: http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/272-99.htm http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/272-99.htm
- ciupicri 16y agoWhat's the so special about audio recording compared to video recording? Also, if the video recording is good, someone could do lip reading.
- Anechoic 16y agoAs I understand it, it's just an old MA law that was implemented in the 1960's (or early 1970's) audio recording was commonplace but video recording was not, and was never updated to account for video recording. The other issue with making secret video recordings is it's use in security applications.
- alextp 16y agoProbably this has something to do with wiretapping telephones or something like that.
- evgen 16y agoBasically, audio recording is older tech and therefore has been around long enough and has been abused often enough to have specific laws drafted. The vast majority of the wiretapping laws and regulations about recording various events in public and private are explicit about how they apply to any and all forms of audio recording.