The genie is definitely out of the bottle with camera phones. In all fairness, though, a lot of the "no photography" rules at museums are to stop the idiots who can't follow the "no flash photography" rules.
Events of the past few days (non UK readers: assaults by police on protestors at demonstrations at the recent G20 were filmed by demonstrators; one victim died shortly after of a heart attack) show us that it is even more important to bring to account police officers; some officers were in breach of regulations by not displaying ID.
Banning people taking photos of bus stations is ludicrous when Google cruises the streets photographing everything in sight (though they cunningly thwart terrorists and tourists alike by screwing up street numbering schemes) with GPS built-in.
On the other hand, a nurse who secretly filmed elderly patients as part of a documentary for the BBC has been banned by her professional body from ever working in patient care. Although the BBC sought permission of the patients and families to transmit the footage, the fact that it was filmed in the first place without permission was sufficient to see her banned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8002559.stm
[scuttles off to build high-power IR LED dazzle hat]
"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized."
The whole thing's so odd... After years of threat from the IRA, there were no measures quite so draconian... It's almost like the incumbent Government's trying to upset everyone...But why? It's like they don't want to be in power for the next 4 years... Oh, I get it!
The genie is definitely out of the bottle with camera phones. In all fairness, though, a lot of the "no photography" rules at museums are to stop the idiots who can't follow the "no flash photography" rules.
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ReplyDeleteI'm getting more and more concerned about this.
ReplyDeleteEvents of the past few days (non UK readers: assaults by police on protestors at demonstrations at the recent G20 were filmed by demonstrators; one victim died shortly after of a heart attack) show us that it is even more important to bring to account police officers; some officers were in breach of regulations by not displaying ID.
Banning people taking photos of bus stations is ludicrous when Google cruises the streets photographing everything in sight (though they cunningly thwart terrorists and tourists alike by screwing up street numbering schemes) with GPS built-in.
On the other hand, a nurse who secretly filmed elderly patients as part of a documentary for the BBC has been banned by her professional body from ever working in patient care.
Although the BBC sought permission of the patients and families to transmit the footage, the fact that it was filmed in the first place without permission was sufficient to see her banned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8002559.stm
[scuttles off to build high-power IR LED dazzle hat]
Yup!
ReplyDelete"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized."
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ReplyDeleteIt took 73 years to turn Observation to surveillance.
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The whole thing's so odd... After years of threat from the IRA, there were no measures quite so draconian... It's almost like the incumbent Government's trying to upset everyone...But why? It's like they don't want to be in power for the next 4 years... Oh, I get it!
ReplyDeleteI think I want to watch "In the Loop"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_langham
ReplyDeletehe lives in my town..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8476318.stm
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ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteThat's the way to do it!
"I've got a megaphone, and I'm not afraid to use it!"
European Court of Human Rights ruling on Section 44:
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TEDGlobal: Camera shows off speed of light images
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure this was "News" ages ago