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Someone recorded me without permission and uploaded it to YouTube (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 month ago by ABCDE to c/asklemmy

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Going to be quite scant on details but...

I was out and about, and was messaged by two friends independently saying they were surprised to see me in a YouTube video.

Confused, I asked what they were on about. Turns out, a guy I gave advice to had then started recording me towards the end of our interaction without telling me, and has, weeks later, uploaded it as part of a longer video.

I was pretty tired at the time and doing the guy a favour (out of annoyance), and I don't like a few things, one of those being that he put me online (which, within hours has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times).

What can I do? I have already messaged him to tell him to remove me, but this seems like a ridiculous invasion of privacy.

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[–] irotsoma 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where do you live? What are the laws around recording another person without their consent. Note that usually audio recording in public is more restrictive than video in public, so assuming he didn't mute the audio of the clip, you probably have a case there.

As for the suggestion about DMCA takedowns, that depends on of the information you shared could be considered copyrightable since the recording copyright belongs to the person doing the recording. That's not common, so you could file a DMCA takedown, but I have a feeling it might not be legitimate. There might be other YouTube terms and conditions that they violated, though. Check the "Report" button for the options. I don't have an account anymore to look.

[–] Madison420 7 points 1 month ago

In America so long as your in public and haven't made privacy for yourself then audio or video are the same. If I could hear it and remember it and I'm in public I can record it. If I can see it and remember it and I'm in public I can record it. Audio only matters if they have a reasonable belief that the conversation is private.