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farss wrote on 8/6/2006, 6:03 AM
Why do you think it's illegal?
JJKizak wrote on 8/6/2006, 6:26 AM
Well, I guess I just assumed they did not have permission from the bar, from Mel Gibson, from all of the brands of booze, cigarettes, clothing manufacturers, music playing in the background, bartender, etc.
JJK
dibbkd wrote on 8/6/2006, 7:30 AM
Are you kidding?
Chienworks wrote on 8/6/2006, 9:14 AM
Seems like a very serious topic to me. Why would this be any different from the topics about the music the DJ plays in the background of a wedding video?
dibbkd wrote on 8/6/2006, 9:43 AM
Maybe I shouldn't have commented because I don't know really what happened, but it sounded like from JJKizak's post that some folks used their camera phones to record Mel Gibson in a bar drinking and smoking?

I guess I could see an issue of recording people up close without their permission, but I can't video brandname stuff without permission? (booze, cigs, clothes, etc?)

Or if I'm at a public park and someone is blasting a boombox playing copyrighted music I have to get permission to show it?
JJKizak wrote on 8/6/2006, 9:50 AM
One of the reasons I brought this up was there doesn't seem to be a definition of how good (quality) of the video is before you get pounced on by RIAA. So is a video a video or is a bad video inconsequential and a good video you go to jail? Camera phone videos no doubt will be improving so a lot of potential people will be targets for malfeasance from the forces in power in Hollywood.
JJK
Patryk Rebisz wrote on 8/6/2006, 10:11 AM
I think the crapiness has something to do with it. For instance i don't understant documentaries putting really blury squares around people's faces they didn't get permission to shoot while all they have to do is blur the faces slightly just beyond recognistion (much less intrussive to the image). Same here try to recognize anything from those videos... Yeah i'll take your word for it it was Mel, but as far as i can see it's just a white dude -- the rest i can't recognize.
Former user wrote on 8/6/2006, 11:06 AM
As an actor, Mel Gibson is considered a public figure.

Since his arrest, then probably any video pertaining to it could be argued as being a public event.

Dave T2