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BigLeagueBanker69 t1_j8sf5jt wrote

Reply to comment by LilJonPaulSartre in Metro Center vloggers by GirlWithOnei

Understood. I think the key part that I have a problem with is not the recording part. I'm totally fine being on surveillance cam, or merely one body in a crowd if someone is taking a picture/video of a street, public park, crowded bar, etc.

What pisses me off to no end is when someone is explicitly filming your face, speech, mannerisms and interactions without consent, then posting it on their own social platform for views/clicks/likes/ad revenue/etc. That's the part where it feels like MY likeness is being used to promote YOUR social media channel, without my consent. I feel like there are some more nuanced laws about this, no? It certainly doesn't stop anyone though. Just a pet peeve of mine because it's so lame. Like, film yourself if you want to use the footage to promote YOUR shit.

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LilJonPaulSartre t1_j8uh0gs wrote

It bothers me, too. I'm a photographer and while I was taking long exposures on medium format film of the Tidal Basin, two teenagers filmed me and insinuated I was a creep because my camera "is big" (I had a long lens on). I'm sure it went on a tiktok or IG story or something. That kind of sucks. But it's also kind of unavoidable. People are going to be assholes whether it's filmed or not. I do think we could do a better job of preventing malicious use of a private/non-public figure's likenesses. Just don't think we can actually do that until the likeness is used maliciously. It can't be done by preventing the filming in the first place.

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Surefinewhatever1111 t1_j8tc5nn wrote

People who confuse the first amendment with the requirements to get a release when using something for pecuniary purposes are absolutely wild to me.

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