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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Sued for that? If he was on duty, he can not impede citizens to film him. Course if he is NOT on duty, he is just a private person and you can't film him if he is not agree for that. That's a normal practice, isn't it?
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I don't know. I am not an attorney, nor do I have any idea what local laws apply.
Using common sense, which is completely lacking on GFY.... It would seem to me that recording an officer is perfectly legal. However, at the same time, I can see how playing the video on national TV can considered an invasion of privacy giving the officer a right to sue. I would imagine the officer could sue due to invasion of privacy, or perhaps he could sue on the ground he lost his job due to this video influencing popular opinion, etc....
It's just like our industry - we pay a model to shoot photos or videos, and legally we own the rights to that content yet we still require a model release even though it's a grey area.
You are asking questions which are irrelevant to the story. The story is about the man in the car and the police officer, NOT why the TV station decided to blur out his face.