From: "Robert Ellis Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Roger Clarke" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: YouTube images
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:57:54 -0500
There are very few restrictions on use of such videotapes in the U.S. The
only statutes limit the taking of COVERT and LEWD videos (and not
necessarily the showing or sale of them). The common law of privacy exempts
material that is "newsworthy" and most anything shown to a TV audience is
probably - but not always - newsworthy.
The location of the taping is not as relevant as the sensitivity of what is
shown, under a U.S. legal analysis.
Robert Ellis Smith, Publisher
Attorney
PRIVACY JOURNAL <>www.privacyjournal.net
PO Box 28577
Providence RI 02908
401/274-7861 fax 401/274-4747
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Roger Clarke http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/
Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 6288 1472, and 6288 6916
mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.xamax.com.au/
Visiting Professor in Info Science & Eng Australian National University
Visiting Professor in the eCommerce Program University of Hong Kong
Visiting Professor in the Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre Uni of NSW
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