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Does Citizen break regulations in some way? I thought that filming crime and police was solidly legal.
by MattGaiser 5y ago
Does Citizen break regulations in some way? I thought that filming crime and police was solidly legal.
- SerLava 5y agoI mean, sharing your car is legal but that's not really what Uber ever was.
- MattGaiser 5y agoUber was trying to scale a personal exemption from the law. What law is it that makes doing this at scale vs doing it individually a grey area?
- cronix 5y ago> I thought that filming crime and police was solidly legal. Filming anything from a public space (street, sidewalk, etc) is legal, even if it's of a private space that is visible from public space. For example, if I'm on a public sidewalk next to your private residence, and you have the blinds open walking around naked - you have no reasonable expectation of privacy and can be filmed even though you're on your private property. Just like if you're driving on the public street and I have a ring doorbell camera, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy driving down the street, or walking on the sidewalk, and I can record you.
- Shmebulock 5y agoIs this generally how it works in most countries?
- gruez 5y agoCommon law countries? Yes.
- tablespoon 5y ago> Is this generally how it works in most countries? There's a lot of variation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_...
- busterarm 5y agoThey just haven't been sued yet by the family of a user who has been killed while filming a violent crime. When they do their insurance costs will become astronomical. This pay structure encourages users to put themselves in harm's way.
- dwater 5y agoYes, the thing that is most likely to bite them is not legality, it's liability as a result of them paying people to do things.
- MattGaiser 5y agoHow does this work for freelance journalists? Their risk is astronomical too.
- busterarm 5y agoAny competent freelance journalist will tell you they pay for liability insurance and the annual premium is at least $1000/year. Said journalists are generally educated and have some training, especially around ethics. At least they're supposed to. This keeps them from shoving a camera in everyone's face while a crime is unfolding. Citizen is taking contributions from whoever the fuck...