On 12/05/2004, at 2:01 AM, Eero Tarik wrote:
People carrying on a loud conversation on a train, or speaking into a mobile phone in a public place, or writing a Letter to the Editor, or posting to a publily open newsgroup are all accepting the same risk when they undertake these activities. They must assume that their communication is being observed by other people who may comment about it, record it, analyse it etc - and if they do not wish for this to occur the solution is very simple, dont make such utterances publicly.
may have been pointed out, but this was one of the points made by Cees Hamelink in his keynote at the Maastricht AoIR. He even used examples of where he has participated as the 'included' third party in mobile phone conversations in public places. in addition other things: 1. it is legal to film/photograph people in public places (you do not need clearances) 2. it is legal to film/photograph, in closeup, people at sporting events in the crowd cheers Adrian Miles ................................................................. hypertext.rmit || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/adrian interactive networked video || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog research blog || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/