REAL advice,and possibly get an attorney, especially since your video
may be subpoena'ed. However:
Conventions are usually explicitly not public; that's why they can
show movies that would otherwise be not legal to show. You may need to
call the con organizers to find out what the status of the venue was.
Were you there as a member of the press (were you covering the con for
Galacticast, for instance)? If so, you're good to go; it's a
press-covered event, just read up on libel law (blur the faces and
always say allegedly). If you sell the footage to a local media outlet
(hint hint), they will make a determination over whether or not to
blur or not blur for their own purposes, and you might consider that a
guideline yourself (though broadcast vs. internet are two different
media and different laws). Others on this list might know what
stringer footage rates are.
As for the raid: The MPAA are not law enforcement, nor are they public
servants. Therefore, as private citizens (basically corporate
lawyers), they can opt not to appear in a movie (unless it's a
newsworthy event).
Police officers, however, are public servants and can be filmed in the
course of executing their duties, in uniform or out of it.
You can blur the MPAA out if you didn't get a release. What would be
interesting would be to see how the MPAA executed this raid, and I
hope you keep us all updated on the progress.
--Stephanie
On 5/22/06, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, one of the MPAA "guys" saw me and said he did not
> want to be on camera. He basicly, tried to intimate me. Anyway,
> what is my legal standing? It was, to my knowledge a public place,
> and I was "documenting" the MPAA and the local police shut down these
> vendors. Can I show the footage even though the MPAA guy asked not
> to be on camera. If I blur him out am I fine?
--
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