On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Martin Rex <mrex(_at_)sap(_dot_)com> wrote:
Andrew G. Malis wrote:
IMHO (but then I?m not a lawyer, and esp. a German lawyer with regards to
this meeting),
Obviously not.
hotel function rooms are public places,
Nope, hotel rooms are *no* public places.
Not hotel rooms but hallways and foyers are usually considered public
in the USA notwithstanding that the hotel exercises some control over
them. If some member of the public could usually just walk in without
violating any laws or posted rules, its public.
and you?re in as much danger of having your photo taken and
published as you are in any other public place, such as on the street.
How can newspapers publish crowd shots if they need permission
of everyone in the photo?
The problem isn't the taking of photos, but the publication
of photoes without permission of the folks on the photos.
Whenever folks on the photoes become easily identifiable,
a permission might be required before publication.
http://www.out-law.com/page-4663
The IETF should do what is necessary to so that photography and video
recording and audio recording is allowed in face-to-face meetings, if
it takes having everyone sign something when they get their badge or
whatever. If there is some country where this cannot be done, then the
IETF should not meet there.
Thanks,
Donald
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-Martin