Looking at the sentiment of those around me about public recordings (in this case it was street photography), I would not be surprised if there was a push soon to ban all public recordings. At least, the sharing or usage of those recordings.
It seems many people feel it limits what I would consider "freedom of impermanence", or the concept that as an ordinary individual nearly every action or mistake you make will not considered in your future.
I for one would act differently if that were the case. Many vulnerable or stupid moments would not have happened. Many of those moments have allowed me to grow as a person. And this is as a person who has not faced persecution or bias in law enforcement.
I do not have a stance on the matter of general recording currently, but know that I would have acted differently if there was a camera around all the time. There goes my first time asking someone out, there goes frying a 5V board with 12V because I thought I knew better, there goes bar karaoke so bad that even the bartender looked pained. But if this were law, so too goes the guy I saw in a park fire spinning, so too goes the joy I captured on a strangers face at seeing a beautiful chandelier, and so too goes the countless photos of nature that happen to have people in the background.
The most private people I know would not ban all public recordings or to share all public recordings. They would ban with some exceptions to share recordings of people without their consent. Some would ban to keep recordings without consent. And they would not ban this if street photographers or so respected other people.
> But if this were law, so too goes the guy I saw in a park fire spinning,
He would have been there without you seemingly. Everyone who saw him there would have seen him. You meant your recording?
> so too goes the joy I captured on a strangers face at seeing a beautiful chandelier,
They would have seen the chandelier and felt joy without you seemingly. You meant your recording?
Did you ask to send them a copy? Did you ask to keep it? Did you ask to share it?
> and so too goes the countless photos of nature that happen to have people in the background.
A recording of a person and a recording of nature which happens to have people in the background are different. And some countries understood this when they made their laws.
For those examples, yes, I was meaning the recording rather than the event. I find a pretty or emotional visual is better to describe moments like that than just words.
And no, I did not discuss this with the people in the images. I only share these things in person so I am not too concerned with it spreading. On occasion I will offer a copy for the person (often the time I realize I have a good photo is weeks after the fact).
Do you have countries in mind? Photography laws fascinate me, so I’d love to read more. I only really know about the US.
For the examples I gave, I used a situation with implied consent but not explicit (a person performing in public), a situation with neither implied nor explicit (a layperson in public), and a situation that may not need consent (a non human subject with people visible). It would be interesting to know if each of those would be handled differently.
It seems many people feel it limits what I would consider "freedom of impermanence", or the concept that as an ordinary individual nearly every action or mistake you make will not considered in your future.
I for one would act differently if that were the case. Many vulnerable or stupid moments would not have happened. Many of those moments have allowed me to grow as a person. And this is as a person who has not faced persecution or bias in law enforcement.
I do not have a stance on the matter of general recording currently, but know that I would have acted differently if there was a camera around all the time. There goes my first time asking someone out, there goes frying a 5V board with 12V because I thought I knew better, there goes bar karaoke so bad that even the bartender looked pained. But if this were law, so too goes the guy I saw in a park fire spinning, so too goes the joy I captured on a strangers face at seeing a beautiful chandelier, and so too goes the countless photos of nature that happen to have people in the background.