Keep in mind that the Mass. decision that started this thread only dealt with *surreptitious* recording. Mann's "shooting back" is still allowed even in Mass. as long as it's obvious what you're doing. -Declan On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 04:20:56PM +0200, Eugene Leitl wrote:

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Greg Newby wrote:

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This is a good opportunity to urge cp's who haven't yet, to read David Brin's "Transparent Society." It's pie in the sky, but essentially advocates having cameras everywhere, so that anyone anywhere can tap into a video feed.

Brin's scenario is symmetric. This is not what we're getting. What we're getting (surprise, surprise) is that recording of the public is allright but not recording *by* the public. Mann's "shooting back" is rapidly getting outlawed.

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