An op-ed piece in today's Seattle Times, written by my friend Monica Guzman, looked at the legality of filming people in and around public places, and whether or not a cameraman would have any responsibility towards those he/she was filming.
The comments mostly ranged around anger, threats, compensation to anyone filmed if said images were used to profit [on the part of the cameraman], etc.
My response to the article:
"Filming people in/on public spaces may be legal, but it is not very respectful; especially if someone expresses their desire to NOT be filmed.
In all of the technological advances of the last fifteen years, no one has stopped to ask the question, "Just because we can, does that necessarily mean we should?"
In the ever evolving fight of an individuals' right to privacy, that basic question, based in basic human compassion and respect, is being lost and buried so deep that most people rarely even think to ask, ponder, or even consider it in passing.
Personally, I think that that lack of introspection is to the detriment of us all."
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