500k Youtube Lawsuit???

[DoctorCello]

I forget, but I think it's actually legal for him to tape people in a public space. Gonna have to look that one up, though.

EDIT: OKAY SO. Not sure how legit this is, but according to this link, it's perfectly legal for this Nalts fellow to tape people in public - that includes retail stores and the like, unless the store says taping isn't allowed. So yeah!

[Katsuro]

Originally Posted by DoctorCello

I forget, but I think it's actually legal for him to tape people in a public space. Gonna have to look that one up, though.

EDIT: OKAY SO. Not sure how legit this is, but according to this link, it's perfectly legal for this Nalts fellow to tape people in public - that includes retail stores and the like, unless the store says taping isn't allowed. So yeah!

Eh...
"The best way to protect you from being sued for invasion of privacy is to obtain the subject's permission or consent to be photographed. "

As soon as one or more persons (like a group) is the focus of the recording, NORMALLY! you have to ask them for permission. This is their (and also your) right of privacy. If you film a whole place, it's fine if you have a crowd of people in there.

I can't believe that people make such a big deal out of this one. It isn't a law that suddenly popped up yesterday. It is something that has been around for some time. It's just how things work if you publish your videos or pictures online (like youtube).

Edit:
I did a bit of research and it turned out it is actually like this in germany.
In germany you have the right to forbid publishing of your image if you don't like it being published (aka what I wrote above).
In USA however it seems to be ok if it is in an art context (because your guys first amendmands covers your right of free speech).