It depends on the legal system that has jurisdiction. Just look at the issues that Google is having with StreetView; there's no uniformity in what they are or are not allowed to do - it has to be separately adjudicated in each country.
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:55:09PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Larry, > > I am interested in the legal aspect of the discussed situation: > Does the subject of a video, if he/she didn't object/restrict the > recording as it was happening openly, have a right to make any > demands with respect to the non-commercial "distribution" of the video > (if no money is made from that/charged). > > > As for the attitude of different instructors, - this is a completely > separate issue. My take on it is that the best instructors > do not fear their short (usually without any explanations) class > summaries to be posted. > Brief class summaries do not replace class participation and > instructions; nor they compete with the instructional videos sold by the > instructors. > These videos are a great advertisement for the events and instructors > Several dance instructors thanked me for posting videos of their > demonstrations on Youtube. > > Those instructors who seriously think that their class can be replaced > with a short, typically 1-2 min, summary, - are not worth my time > for going to their lessons. > > Igor > > > Tue May 3 13:22:32 EDT 2011 > Larry Colen wrote: > > > On May 3, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > > > > A specific situation is as follows: > > > 1. an event is open to public and includes dance classes; > > > 2. the rules of the event do not forbid to take videos; > > > 3. at the end of a dance class, the instructors offer everybody who > > > wants > > > to take a video of a short summary (without stating any restrictions > > > on the use). > > > > > > In this situation, what do you think, - can the people (instructors) > > > appearing in the video restrict the use of the videos taken at > > > a later point? > > > In particular, - do they have a right to demand that the video is not > > > posted publically (e.g. on Youtube) - retroactively? > > > > They have the right to ask, but don't have any legal recourse if you > > don't comply. > > > > Instructors often make money off of selling instructional videos, and > > don't want other videos to wipe out the market for those. If they get a > > lot of grief over one case like this, they may just not let people > > videotape them after classes at all in the future. The best solution > > would be to try to have a reasonable discussion with them, find out > > their motivations for taking the video down and see whether it would > > really work towards their ultimate goals. > > > > It's too bad that you aren't on FB, this would be a great question for > > Bug Brockway's Dance Question of the Day. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
