[Air-l] Re: ethics of recording publicly observed interactions

Adrian Miles adrian.miles at rmit.edu.au
Tue May 11 15:47:27 PDT 2004


On 12/05/2004, at 2:01 AM, Eero Tarik wrote:

> People carrying on a loud conversation on a train, or speaking into a
> mobile phone in a public place, or writing a Letter to the Editor, or
> posting to a publily open newsgroup are all accepting the same risk 
> when
> they undertake these activities. They must assume that their
> communication is being observed by other people who may comment about
> it, record it, analyse it etc - and if they do not wish for this to
> occur the solution is very simple, dont make such utterances publicly.

may have been pointed out, but this was one of the points made by Cees 
Hamelink in his keynote at the Maastricht AoIR. He even used examples 
of where he has participated as the 'included' third party in mobile 
phone conversations in public places.

in addition other things:

1. it is legal to film/photograph people in public places (you do not 
need clearances)
2. it is legal to film/photograph, in closeup, people at sporting 
events in the crowd

cheers
Adrian Miles
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