The people around the world who see those photos could have travelled to New Zealand and seen the content of the photos in the flesh. There is no privacy issue associated with taking a photo in a public place and placing it on the Internet.
-jasper -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Royds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2008 1:22 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: Google street view live in NZ Indeed. Google doesn't have an exclusive licence on loss of privacy. Nick Rout wrote: > Rubbish, see flickr.com and numerous similar sites. > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> because they are making it available to the whole world. You cannot. >> >> 2008/12/3 Jasper Bryant-Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Oh come on. They're photographing in a public place. I could go and drive >>> around and look at the exact same things they're photographing, so how >>> exactly is this a privacy concern? >>> >>> (Sorry, it's OT I know, but I dislike FUD) >>> >>> -jasper >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Douglas Royds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, 3 December 2008 11:48 a.m. >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: OT: Google street view live in NZ >>> >>> Numbers 3 and 4 illustrate a privacy concern, but my favourite is number 9: >>> >>> http://mashable.com/2007/05/31/top-15-google-street-view-sightings/ >>> >>> >>> Christopher Sawtell wrote: >>> >>>> _NOT_ cool at all! >>>> >>>> Damned nosey parkers, >>>> aren't we allowed _any_ privacy any more. >>>> >>>> Three cheers for big garden-trees. >>>> >>>> 2008/12/2 David Linton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> >>>> >>>>> HA Cool! shame my street isnt on there yet! but the road going into it is >>>>> on >>>>> there! >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ======================================================================= >>> This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended >>> addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be >>> the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or >>> lost by reason of this transmission. >>> If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our >>> apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no >>> other act on the email. >>> Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been >>> altered or corrupted during transmission. >>> ======================================================================= >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Sincerely etc. >> Christopher Sawtell >> >> ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================
