[Tango-L] Videos of Dancing at Milongas

[Tom Stermitz]

Perhaps it depends on the situation?

Here are two reasonably clear cases on either side of the divide:

(1a) Street photos (Google Street?) are public because people do not  
have a specific expectation of privacy in public spaces.

(1b) A photo of you inside your house is an obvious invasion of privacy.

Here are two slightly narrower examples:

(2a) Photos taken at an outdoor milonga at a public park.
(2b) Photos taken at a private party milonga in somebody's house.

Three other examples in varying shades of grey:

(3a) Photos at a professional stage performance.
(3b) Photos at a professional or amateur performance (ballroom  
showcase?)
(3c) Photos taken at a public milonga within a hotel or ballroom at  
large public event (festival)
(3d) Photos taken at a milonga open to the public at a Restaurant,  
Bar, rented studio, ballroom....
(3e) Photos taken at a class or workshop


On Jun 20, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Stephen.P.Brown at dal.frb.org wrote:

> In the past few months, several people have posted videos on YouTube
> and/or personal websites/blogs of others dancing at milongas at  
> various
> tango festivals.
>
> A milonga is a private social event.  It is not a performance.  Nor  
> is it
> news in the sense that an individual's simple pariticipation  
> creates an
> implicit right of usage.  I know that to some extent that private  
> lives
> have become more public in the United States, but this outing has been
> voluntary by of those seeking personal publicity.
>
> In seems to me that someone shooting a video of a milonga and  
> posting it
> to  his website/blog or YouTube is making an unwarranted and uninvited
> invasion of privacy.
>
> Maybe I am wrong.
> Maybe the people attending the milongas who were captured in the  
> videos
> signed releases allowing their dancing to be filmed and publically
> distributed?
> Maybe the organizers of the events included a notice that the  
> events may
> be video taped and publically distributed?
>
> The organizers of tango festivals often ban video recording of the  
> classes
> and the instructors' performances.  Maybe the organizers should also
> explicity ban video cameras from the milongas.
>
> With best regards,
> Steve