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Originally Posted by halfpint
LOL we English people are very peculiar at times..well most of the time anyway
Something I dont understand is we have TV programs like police intercepters. They have cameras following the police when they are on duty. So many times I have heard people saying " stop filming me, you are not allowed to film me without out my consent" things like that . The police always say " We are allowed to film you as you are in a public place" When you follow the street views with google these are also on public streets..so whats the difference ?
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One difference would be that google provides a very accurate location of the
images, including addresses.
And a house is not really a public property.
Hypothetical : I design a wild artistic house and sell pictures of it to make a living but
now google puts it online for everyone to download. I copyrighted my home design so
I actually do have a case(winning it is different, but I have one).
Further, police activity is public activity as all information pertaining to police
involvement is available to the public(freedom of information act).
Any information obtained by the police in the line of duty becomes evidence.
Evidence is owned by "The People" as in "People versus Mr. Crminal".