[Brinworld] PhoneCam vs. court; Publishing faces from the street

[Tim May]

On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 03:12  PM, Bill Stewart wrote:

> At 02:33 PM 04/25/2003 -0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
>> Teacher sets up drug dealer 'web watch'
>> A teacher sick of drug dealers and addicts in his neighbourhood has
>> taken the drastic measure of posting their pictures on the internet.
>>
>> John Messiter says he has decided to secretly photograph those
>> terrorising the area and make their images public.
>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_773853.html?menu=news.technology
>>
>> Interesting privacy/public and libel implications in the latter.
>
> There are two categories of people he's likely to photograph
> - Real drug dealers and users
> - Falsely accused drug dealers and users
> The latter should be able to sue him for libel, which is too easy in 
> Britain,
> modulo a few issues about whether web photographs are libel or slander.
> Some of the former might also try that, but it's probably too risky,
> and the black market has other ways to provide legal services and
> conflict resolution to people who can't use official courts....

He doesn't have to "falsely accuse" _anyone_. All he does is to 
demonstrate (claim) that various people are at some location. Those who 
visit his site are free to draw their own conclusions.
--Tim May
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a 
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you." -- Nietzsche