niko said:Need to see and understand a correct translation of that legislation (not Google translated), because at the moment we can play with words.
@ "Surveillance video FROM the car by private individuals is not permitted",
- does word "from the car" means from inside the car? Another word, if dash cam will be mounted outside the car, - in this case does not violate that legislation, same way as helmet cameras: @ "therefore, comparisons with recordings of tourists or helmet cameras are not aplicable". Just mount dash cam to the helmet, helmet to the car bonnet and this will not be a violation. Of course this is silly solution, but I just want to make a point playing with legislation words.
Also @ " ... by private individuals is not permitted ", - if I am some company manager, owner, worker etc. and driving company car for example to meet some business partner or customer in business related issues, where I am representing a company, then at that time am considered as not private individual. So, in this case I can use dash cam ?
Of course we can play with words and if even there are some gaps in law, - they will be fixed sooner or later.
The difference though: in US some states are insisting on applying old eyes-dropping/wire-tapping law to protect police or some times private citizens as well. In practice all this cases are dismissed at the end, because of there would be no jury who would convict their own kind for recording public official unlawful conduct. This would be really hard to sell and "they know it". Regardless of the effort put by prosecutor or judge, the result would always be - "not guilty". So it is used as a scare tactic, nothing more. Anyway, it only applicable to audio - video is fine as it not covered by the old laws. In our case video is the precious, not audio. So I disable audio in all my dash cams, despite the fact my state allows everything to be recorded. Even if we fantasize for a moment and someone would be convicted somehow, federal court will dismiss it as they always did. In Austria it seems they are making new law, if you can call it a law, it seems inappropriate for commission to decide such matters.Mikk36 said:It seems that it's not only Austria, where you might be prosecuted for this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F8ARwO7VqNQ
Judging by that video, if your camera is recording audio and a police officer stops you, you're already commiting a felony (in certain states in the USA).
................snip.......... trying to teach a grandmother how to suck eggs ....snip.......
yea, I wouldn't advise it...u'd be either shot or picked up.If I ever find myself riding on a boston public transport bus I must remember not to be wearing (wimmins) clothing at the time..............Ipol
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