Comment on can my image be recorded in British airports by tv camera crews even if I don't consent?
snacks@feddit.uk 11 months ago
the rule is, the production company has to have your express permission if you directly talk to the camera or are featured in the footage. If you are in public and part of the crowd you cant ask for removal unless theres a good reason like court cases or something. You have to sign a form if you are more than just a person passing.
heathrow in particular is interesting because nearly all large airports are public owned and heathrow is private. This is important because the production company has permission to film from the owners, and so as a customer you are on their premises and subject to their terms of entry, one of which is being filmed as a member of the public. If the production company does interview you or features you (not just a passing person) and do not have permission there have been many cases where the program has been held from broadcast until the matter is resolved. If you think you need to ask them the company and names of production staff are on the credits of the show.
I know of one case with a prank tv show where the company pranked an estate agent by blowing up the house, and he got PTSD. The episode was never broadcast because he refused to sign the release, and sued the company for a serious amount of money. But the basic release form meant the company couldnt pass through the broadcast regulations.
In public there are a few restrictions but basically its public land like a street and not expected to be empty of people. You cant film wembley arch because its licenced to the FA rather than the local council.
Spot on answer and really well articulated.
I think a lot of folk assume privacy, similar to the French model, but in the UK that really doesn’t exist.
One of the clearest examples is how the press operates. Doorstepping politicians and celebrities. They wouldn’t be able to do that if they required permission from the individual.
What’s the French model?
There’s a few French models, from what I’ve heard
In France the subject of the photograph owns the copyright of the picture.
Wow. So what happens there if you take a picture in a crowded area?
NOSin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
THEY BLEW UP A HOUSE ? AS A PRANK ?
What has humanity come to…
snacks@feddit.uk 11 months ago
i can expand a little but you dont know who’s reading this now or in the future, so cant give many more details. The idea was, as the ‘mark’ leaves the building with the couple who are in on the gag the house collapses behind him. Unfortunately the company used explosives and fire rigs to make the thing fall to bits so it looked like it just blew up and just missed him. There’s more to it as well but the upshot is, its a terrible thing and ruined a guys life for some stupid tv show.
voracitude@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I note there are no details as to whether the property was structurally sound. It seems like it would be a lot for a prank show to buy a house someone could live in just to blow it up, rather than buying a condemned property and cleaning/fixing it up just enough to look livable to anyone not inspecting it too closely. Especially with housing prices the way they have been in the UK for the last 30-odd years.
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I mean that’s kind of awesome.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 11 months ago
It’s what Cotton would have wanted