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I think the laws around this are fairly antiquated. People should clearly have the right to photograph in public, however, I strongly believe that should someon
by balderdash 1y ago
I think the laws around this are fairly antiquated. People should clearly have the right to photograph in public, however, I strongly believe that should someone take someone else’s photograph they shouldn’t need their consent to post the photo publicly or monetize it in anyway. Obviously, there should be some limited car outs like public servants in the commission of their duties, legitimate news organizations, use in court etc.
Edit: I don’t think k posting a photo on a private social media profile / group chat would count as public, but rather anything the general public has access to.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoThe laws in Switzerland are actually what you're describing.
- sandblast 1y agoIn the whole EU, I think.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoNo, doesn't work like that in plenty of places in the EU, and additionally Switzerland is not in the EU.
- sandblast 1y agoI don't think I implied it was, but would you mind sharing examples?
- AlecSchueler 1y agoItaly, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Czechia etc etc.
- sandblast 1y agoWhat exactly doesn't work like that in the countries you mentioned?
- AlecSchueler 1y agoWhy did you say "in the whole EU, I think?" It seemed to imply you grasped the context of the conversation already, but now the thread has taken what feels like a bizarre turn in a recursive direction.
- sandblast 1y agoYou claim that it is not the case, so I would like you to point out which of these aspects is different in one of these countries. Do you claim it's not allowed to photograph others in public without their explicit consent in Czech Republic, for example?
- AlecSchueler 1y agoNo, read back on the thread. The person imagined a kind of law that limited public photography except for cases of preventing crime etc. I said it works like that in Switzerland. You said also in the rest of the EU, and I'm pointing out it does not work that way in the rest of the EU, because countries like Czechia are far more lax about public photography than Switzerland or even The Netherlands.
- sandblast 1y ago> People should clearly have the right to photograph in public > should someone take someone else’s photograph they should need their consent to post the photo publicly > I don’t think posting a photo on a private social media profile / group chat would count as public That all sounds pretty similar to what I know from EU countries. Of course, there are also exceptions like photographing groups of people etc., but I don't think that goes the spirit of the balderdash's concept.
- sandblast 1y agoI think you meant "they should need their consent to post", right?
- balderdash 1y agoYes I did