----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Villaseñor" (snip) > On March 5th of this year Anthony Graber drove his motorcycle recklessly, > until being pulled over by a Maryland State plainclothes policeman. Graber > wore a GoPro HD helmet-cam, recording his antics prior and after the > police > stop. He was on a public highway, in clear daylight and the camcorder was > in > plain sight (GoPros are rather bulky and VERY obvious, if you've never > seen > one). > > After the incident Graber posted his vid on YouTube, including scenes of > his > stop by the policemen. (snip)
So the paragraph above is misleading. " ... recording his antics prior and after the police stop." By "after the police stop" I took it to mean after the stop was finished and done and he was on his way again. I could also mean after the police stopped him, which is what happend as we read the next paragraph. Despite being in plain sight, and very obvious, how "obvious" was it that it was in 'record" mode? Unless he stated verbaly that his conversation with the officer was being recorded (giving the officer the chance to order him to stop recording) they may certainly have a valid case (depending on state law). You *can* photograph and video record from the public ways. You (in many states) cannot record the audio of conversations without permission despite the location. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
