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The fact is, users can engage in activity with Google spyglass which puts them at a legal liability. They can unwittingly engage in commerce, violating rules o
by Ih8registering 12y ago
The fact is, users can engage in activity with Google spyglass which puts them at a legal liability. They can unwittingly engage in commerce, violating rules of commerce of parties they record. This makes spyglass userbase a ripe new target for lawsuits.
Record traffic in an out of a retail business? Congratulations, your analyzing commercial activity. Better watch what you do with that footage, there are rules for that.
Record something that ends up being controversial and potentially costs someone business? Congratulations, you can count on being taken to court over that.
Record something innocent and then accuse or hint that someone is doing something criminal and posted it online? Well if you didn't specifically hand over the footage of the deed in question to the authorities, then you could very likely be hit with a defamation suit.
You're just one big market for bored lawyers as a spyglass luser.
- Ih8SF 12y agoI KNOW! Federal criminal law basically applies commercial rules to an individual natural person's behavior. Google glass users are blissfully unaware of how many opportunities they have to unwittingly fall afoul of that and become another notch in a bored, shysty federal prosecutor's belt. Hell, look what happened to Swartz. Great example of how AUSAs go after low hanging fruit.