re U.K. turns CCTV, terrorism laws on pooping dogs | Surveillance State - CNET ...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: lost journals <lostjournals () gmail com>
> Date: May 12, 2008 7:00:42 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] U.K. turns CCTV, terrorism laws on pooping dogs |  
> Surveillance State - CNET ...

> I don't know what is going on with the UK, it's like they're using
> 1984 as an installation guide.
>
> In case anyone missed this clever turning of the tables, however,
> here's the story of a music band who not being able to afford to
> produce their video, performed in front of 80 of the estimated 13
> million (public) surveillance cameras in UK, and then got the footage
> by filing a request under UK's Data Protection Act.
>
> http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=3961
>
> Link includes the finished video.
>
> "The Get Out Clause are an upcoming UK band who are currently
> unsigned.  They took a brilliant and I'm sure soon to be much copied
> method to producing their own video.  Unable to hire a production crew
> for a standard 1980's era MTV music video, they performed their music
> in front of 80 of the 13 million CCTV "security" cameras available in
> England, including one on a bus.
>
> They then used Britain's Data Protection Act to request the footage
> that was shot of them.  Grab some decent and inexpensive video editing
> tools (say. . . an iMac) and presto!  They got themselves a unique and
> in my opinion quite interesting music video."
>
> cheers,
>
> Forest Mars
> --
> "In theory, theory and practice are exactly the same.
> In practice, they're completely different."
>
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