Public places, private rights where do we draw the lines

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The reality of our living today based on social media and digitalization has made it a necessity for content creators and filmmakers to shoot videos in public spaces.

People tend to make videos, maybe when you're shooting content for products and services or based on tourism or recreation. Either way, people are always trying to make videos for an audience, and some of these video shoots have to take place in public places, which makes capturing other people in the background unavoidable.

However, if you must take a video of a person in public and they are going to be the primary subjects of the shoot, then you have to take their permission to use them as the subjects for the shoot depending on the purpose of the shoot.

Taking photos or videos in public spaces cannot be banned because it will make it difficult for filmmakers and content creators and even tourists to make content and videos.

We see cases of some random video creators just taking advantage of the moment and making dehumanizing videos of people because they want to trend. This is totally unacceptable, and laws need to be put in place for such kinds of videos, and they take them for the purpose of humanizing people in order to gain views and engagement.

If I ever found myself in a video as the main subject without my consent, I would report it to the authority in charge of such cases no matter what you were using it for, either promotion or anything, because if you are using it for promotion, it means you are going to make money out of it, and I should be a part of it too.

However, there should be punishment for and laws to tackle people who go about recording a person with the intent to harass, stalk, or intimidate them.

Using another person's image or likeness to impersonate them or facilitate fraud.

Publishing or distributing embarrassing, private, or intimate content without their consent.

Using someone's face for commercial purposes, such as advertising or promotions, without their permission.

If such a law were made that restricted people from making videos in public, then it would affect the ability of filmmakers, content creators, and even tourists from enjoying memorable moments, so what could be done is to make a law that doesn't stop people from making videos but rather checks how those videos and pictures are being used.

In the end it's not about making the video or taking the picture but how those pictures and videos are used and the information they communicate.

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