It is worth noting that in some US states AUDIO recording in public
(rather than VIDEO recording) is a felony:
http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/police-51631-case-charge.html
It would appear that filming without sound is fine but filming with sound
or just using an audio recorder is illegal.
On 06/09/11 22:52, JONES, Owain wrote:
> Hi Candice
>
> Re recording audio in public places - as it happens there was a whole
> programme on BBC Radio 4 today about artworks and literature based up
> 'recording' and working with, in various ways, snatches of conversation in
> public places
>
> Not sure if you can access it but it is at
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0145x7y
>
> A few journalists make a whole career out of this type of thing e.g.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/series/michaelholdensallears
>
> The ethical question does not seem to crop up at all
>
> The Audio Obscura project in Manchester is certainly very interesting!!!
>
> http://mif.co.uk/event/lavinia-greenlaw-audio-obscura/
>
> If we all artists things might be a lot simpler
>
> Cheers
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Candice Pamela Boyd
> Sent: 06 September 2011 12:53
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> Subject: Re: photographs in public places in UK
>
> Thanks for raising the issue of privacy, ethics and audio Michael. This is
> an issue for Australian researchers as much as British ones. I recently
> undertook some audio recording with a colleague in a public place in
> Melbourne. We debated the ethics of this at the time. I'd be interested to
> know what others think about the extent to which an audible voice in a
> soundscape, recorded without permission, contravenes principles of ethical
> research.
> ________________________________________
> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
> [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Michael Gallagher
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> Sent: 06 September 2011 20:54
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: photographs in public places in UK
>
> In response to David's comments, I think it might be helpful to
> distinguish between legality and ethics. The two are by no means
> equivalent. When it comes to research practice, the most commonly
> invoked principles - consent, anonymity etc - are principles of research
> ethics, not laws. Legally, in the UK, as long as you respect data
> protection law with the data you gather, you can 'do what you like' with
> interviews, ethnography etc much as you can with photography.
> Journalists, for example, routinely use interviews in ways that are
> legal but would be seen as ethically dubious by many social researchers.
>
> I understood the original question to be specifically about what is
> legal in the UK. The ethics of photography seems like a different, much
> more open ended, debate to get into.
>
> While we're on the subject, does anyone know the legal position on audio
> recording in public in th UK?
>
> Michael Gallagher
>
> On 06/09/2011 00:00, CRIT-GEOG-FORUM automatic digest system wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 16:14:01 +0100
>> From: David Crouch<[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: photographs in public places in UK
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> in view of the manic ethical procedures for research practie in every
> other field [largely a v good thing] it is astounding that you can grab a
> camers and do what you like.
>> interesting, worrying, worth a good debate- at least I`d hope
> professional-crit geographers would exercise good ethics
>> David
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