When the news goes on about obese people and the problems we face etc, they always show obese people walking down the street and i just wondered, do they have to ask these people or do they just have the right to film them and plaster their huge bellies all over English news??!! Just wondered...
2007-03-06 23:00:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I've often wandered about that myself...
"Excuse me sir, I couldn't help but notice that you're massively fat, and that's just what we need for our next feature, do you mind if I film your *** as you walk down the street?'
Very amusing!
2007-03-06 23:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have always wondered that too. So last year I asked someone at Channel 7 here in Australia. The upshot is this. You can expect no privacy in a public place. Any visual or auditory capturing done in a public place is considered to be in the public domain, and so fair game for the exploitive media, or anyone else who wishes to exploit/prosecute/divorce. As an example, the film showing JFK being assassinated, is shown over and over. That must have been terribly difficult for his children to endure for all those years. And yet they had no say about how often people saw their father killed. Since they can do that to the President of the USA and his family, what chance do a couple of fatties have in getting any respect? Slim to none.
2007-03-06 23:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
when ever they have footage on the news there are normally other people in the film so I presume it's legal to film in a public place the same as the press does for photographs,I don't think they can film on private property without permission
2007-03-06 23:08:49 · answer #3 · answered by barn owl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They only need permission if they reveal the identity , but they normally only show them from the shoulders down.
2007-03-06 23:08:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? They don't mind walking down the street in their bodies.
I am sure there are more important things in the world to worry about.
2007-03-06 23:06:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they have the right to film them as long as they dont show their faces!
2007-03-06 23:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats what I was thinking too I think you can't film someone without persmission that is wrong even thought they are fat,
but hey, they know fat people can't chase after people lol
2007-03-06 23:13:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question, surprised one of them hasn't sued yet.
2007-03-06 23:07:49 · answer #8 · answered by SilverSurfer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as they don't show their faces i don't think they need permission.
2007-03-06 23:05:14 · answer #9 · answered by *♥* donna *♥* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are in a public place then it is not illegal.
2007-03-06 23:10:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋