[clue-talk] surveillance cameras

[Nate Duehr]

On Sep 22, 2007, at 8:14 AM, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

> I just hope the people on the street are continued to be allowed to
> videotape/photograph the cops and other people on the street during  
> events.

Just watched the latest episode of CrankyGeeks where they interviewed  
a blogger who was jailed for over 200 days for filming the riots at  
the G8 summit in the Pacific Northwest a couple of years ago, and  
then refused to hand over his footage.  It's more complex than that,  
including the question of whether or not he was covered under the  
same rules a "journalist" would be, and the resulting debate about  
whether or not bloggers are "journalists"... but anyway... best to  
just download and watch the discussion.

Sadly, the discussion shouldn't even be taking place.  He videotaped  
cops arresting someone in a public street.  Its his videotape, and he  
should not have to surrender it to the government (he did not, but  
portions were sold to media outlets), nor should he have been in jail  
for over 200 days.

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Nate Duehr
nate at natetech.com