You know, very few people were offended by that pro-stalking song in the 1980's, I know I wasn't, even though it was creepy, with the look on that guy's face, playing that stand up bass alone against a black background. Jeezus!
We've had our "consciousness raised" since. There are anti-stalking laws on the books now that weren't there in the '80's. If you made that song now...I don't know! would that be against the law? I don't think so but law enforcement would be watching you!
Like that old song "Young Girl." That's going to be too old for most of you, it was probably from back in the late 1960's, early '70's at the latest:
"Young girl, get out of my mind, my love for you is way out of line, better run girl, you're much too young, girl."
You don't hear that song played much anymore. We've had our consciousness raised about under-age sex, too, hoooo-doggie. "You're just a baby in disguise"...I really don't think..."Hurry home to your mama"...you could record that song..."Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far"...today.
Anyway, we've had our consciousness raised about stalking and similar creepy behavior. Like upskirt cams. Massachusetts passed some law this year outlawing something related to that. There are video voyeurism laws. It used to be if you did it in public it was okay. You couldn't do it in buildings but if a woman was wearing a mini-skirt in public or was topless at the beach you could film her or take her picture. I actually don't know if that is now prohibited. Maybe just upskirt shots.
Anyway, the point is, we have this body of law now. Legislators recognize that there is some expectation of privacy even in public. They recognize that even in public it is creepy for somebody to watching "every breath you take, every move you make."
So, why couldn't those laws be applied to Google's street-view cams? Why not to private companies surveillance cams outside, that is, in public? EVERY store and restaurant of any size has got surveillance cameras outside their establishments filming people just passing by on the sidewalk. Why couldn't the "penumbras and emanations" of the anti-upskirt cam laws be applied to these businesses? And to government surveillance, all those traffic pole cams? Between government and private surveillance of public activity it truly is the case that somebody is watching our every move.
Is there not an opening here? Is there not an opening for a legal challenge to it all?
We've had our "consciousness raised" since. There are anti-stalking laws on the books now that weren't there in the '80's. If you made that song now...I don't know! would that be against the law? I don't think so but law enforcement would be watching you!
Like that old song "Young Girl." That's going to be too old for most of you, it was probably from back in the late 1960's, early '70's at the latest:
"Young girl, get out of my mind, my love for you is way out of line, better run girl, you're much too young, girl."
You don't hear that song played much anymore. We've had our consciousness raised about under-age sex, too, hoooo-doggie. "You're just a baby in disguise"...I really don't think..."Hurry home to your mama"...you could record that song..."Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far"...today.
Anyway, we've had our consciousness raised about stalking and similar creepy behavior. Like upskirt cams. Massachusetts passed some law this year outlawing something related to that. There are video voyeurism laws. It used to be if you did it in public it was okay. You couldn't do it in buildings but if a woman was wearing a mini-skirt in public or was topless at the beach you could film her or take her picture. I actually don't know if that is now prohibited. Maybe just upskirt shots.
Anyway, the point is, we have this body of law now. Legislators recognize that there is some expectation of privacy even in public. They recognize that even in public it is creepy for somebody to watching "every breath you take, every move you make."
So, why couldn't those laws be applied to Google's street-view cams? Why not to private companies surveillance cams outside, that is, in public? EVERY store and restaurant of any size has got surveillance cameras outside their establishments filming people just passing by on the sidewalk. Why couldn't the "penumbras and emanations" of the anti-upskirt cam laws be applied to these businesses? And to government surveillance, all those traffic pole cams? Between government and private surveillance of public activity it truly is the case that somebody is watching our every move.
Is there not an opening here? Is there not an opening for a legal challenge to it all?
