Re: Boston police fight cellphone recordings

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Andrew C Burnette <acb () acb net>
> Date: January 14, 2010 12:41:19 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: lyons () geekcq com
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Boston police fight cellphone recordings

> Dave,
>
> Tim makes a correct distinction. Many "one v. two" party laws in  
> states solely deal with audio. Video is fast rising to match due to  
> fairly obvious violations of personal privacy (e.g. "upskirt" video  
> for lack of a better example; a rather obvious violation of a  
> person's expectation of privacy).
>
> http://www.rcfp.org/taping/  excellent reference, including state by  
> state regulations.
>
> I did have the unfortunate chance to experience Maryland's law  
> enforcement take on video from their perspective. Yes, I was  
> speeding down I95 on day in 2009 and moved right to pull over before  
> the officer in the median even turned on his lights. His first words  
> were "this is being recorded on audio and video for [our]  
> protection" which I thought was a superb idea. (I was given a  
> warning but he had be a good 13mph over the speed limit....).
>
> My thought afterwards was I thought the interaction was nothing  
> short of 100% professional, and I felt much safer being recorded. I  
> sensed the officer had a similar feeling of safety and protection  
> for his profession as well. My opinion is that all parties in that  
> [enforcement] scenario benefit.
>
> Given that and the amount of road travel I do, I recently purchased  
> a video/audio recorder (built in GPS function also) for my car.  
> Great idea, and has a dual effect of keeping my speed in check, but  
> should an accident occur, I have more than witness testimony to rely  
> upon. While not yet available for the individual, I know several  
> limo operators who receive as much as a 25% discount for having such  
> cameras in their cars.
>
> The incident which convinced me to purchase was my witnessing of an  
> auto accident, in which of 10 potential witness vehicles, I was the  
> only one to stop. I was able to verbally describe in detail to the  
> police what happened saving them hours of guesswork, but had a video  
> been available, there would have been no questions to ask.
>
> Best regards,
> Andy Burnette
>
> On 01/14/2010 12:03 PM, Dave Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > *From:* Timothy Lyons <lyons () geekcq com <mailto:lyons () geekcq com>>
> > > *Date:* January 14, 2010 11:39:06 AM EST
> > > *To:* David Farber <dave () farber net <mailto:dave () farber net>>
> > > *Cc:* "David S. Isenberg (isen)" <isen () isen com <mailto:isen () isen com 
> > > >>
> > > *Subject:* *Re: [IP] Re: Boston police fight cellphone recordings*
> > >
> > > Actually you can video record anyone, (almost) anywhere in MA with  
> > > no
> > > ramification, it's once you record audio without permission the
> > > problems begin.
> > >
> > > I did a stint as an Investigator for a local firm a long time back  
> > > and
> > > there was absolutely no restriction on video recording, but we  
> > > always
> > > ensured the microphone was disabled to prevent any legal snafu's. I
> > > believe this law goes back to the late 60's when there were issues
> > > with P.I.'s making secret audio recordings of subjects; however, I
> > > could be mistaken.
> > >
> > > --Tim
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 09:27, David Farber <dave () farber net
> > > <mailto:dave () farber net>> wrote:
> > > > Begin forwarded message:
> > > >
> > > > From: "David S. Isenberg (isen)" <isen () isen com <mailto:isen () isen com 
> > > > >>
> > > > Date: January 14, 2010 8:43:52 AM EST
> > > > To: <mailto:dave () farber net>dave () farber net  
> > > > <mailto:dave () farber net>
> > > > Cc: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com <mailto:ip () v2 listbox com>>
> > > > Subject: Re: [IP] re Boston police fight cellphone recordings
> > > >
> > > > All security cameras would be illegal in Massachusetts
> > > > unless everybody consented.
> > > >
> > > > David I
> > > >
> > > >
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