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I live in a college neigborhood. I have lots of drunks smashing stuff and stealing things in my yard. My idea is to mount digital camaras on my turff. Many people stop to piss in my yard due to darkness provided and the location of my house (3 blocks) from the watering holes. My idea is to create a web site and post the pics of what happens in my yard. Legal?

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
I live in a college neigborhood. I have lots of drunks smashing stuff and stealing things in my yard. My idea is to mount digital camaras on my turff. Many people stop to piss in my yard due to darkness provided and the location of my house (3 blocks) from the watering holes. My idea is to create a web site and post the pics of what happens in my yard. Legal?
I can't imiagine that being legal, no.
It'd be leagal to film but not to show I think

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
I live in a college neigborhood. I have lots of drunks smashing stuff and stealing things in my yard. My idea is to mount digital camaras on my turff. Many people stop to piss in my yard due to darkness provided and the location of my house (3 blocks) from the watering holes. My idea is to create a web site and post the pics of what happens in my yard. Legal?
why not just set up a 24 hour webcam....you might end up getting free porn shows ๐Ÿ˜›

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Originally posted by yo its me
I can't imiagine that being legal, no.
It'd be leagal to film but not to show I think
i dunno, i would think its legal to show what goes on in your own property.

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Originally posted by trev33
i dunno, i would think its legal to show what goes on in your own property.
Thats what I was thinking. They are trespassers in the first.

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Thats what I was thinking. They are trespassers in the first.
Why can't you take a picy of anyone, anywhere and post it? Paparazzi do it all the time and they even lie about the person in the picy. You have no expectation of privacy out in the public especially when you're draining dragon in someone's back yard.That's Granny's legal position and i'm sticking to it.

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Thats what I was thinking. They are trespassers in the first.
Security cameras in banks, malls, warehouses, offices and other privately owned locations seem to be legal, but I'm not sure if there are any rules regarding what can be done with the recorded footage. Where do you live, anyway? England, US, Canada?

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
I live in a college neigborhood. I have lots of drunks smashing stuff and stealing things in my yard. My idea is to mount digital camaras on my turff. Many people stop to piss in my yard due to darkness provided and the location of my house (3 blocks) from the watering holes. My idea is to create a web site and post the pics of what happens in my yard. Legal?
The laws on it vary depending on what country or state you live in.

Generally, if they're on your property and you don't use the footage for commercial purposes than it's legal. Your best bet is to blur their faces to protect identities and not film anyone under the age of 16 to avoid paedophilia claims.

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
The laws on it vary depending on what country or state you live in.

Generally, if they're on your property and you don't use the footage for commercial purposes than it's legal. Your best bet is to blur their faces to protect identities and not film anyone under the age of 16 to avoid paedophilia claims.
Would you have to blur the pee-pee also? That's one boring picy!

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
I live in a college neigborhood. I have lots of drunks smashing stuff and stealing things in my yard. My idea is to mount digital camaras on my turff. Many people stop to piss in my yard due to darkness provided and the location of my house (3 blocks) from the watering holes. My idea is to create a web site and post the pics of what happens in my yard. Legal?
completely legal. mandatory in some states to have programs on like that at least once a day

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I would think that if you posted a sign in a prominent location that clearly stated that this was what you were doing, that would pretty much squash any legal recourse of the trespassers. The drunks either wouldn't see it or wouldn't believe it. ๐Ÿ™‚

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Originally posted by Djinc
I would think that if you posted a sign in a prominent location that clearly stated that this was what you were doing, that would pretty much squash any legal recourse of the trespassers. The drunks either wouldn't see it or wouldn't believe it. ๐Ÿ™‚
Those guys ain't goin to read a sign when their front teeth are floating and their back teeth are sing anchors away.

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Originally posted by smw6869
Those guys ain't goin to read a sign when their front teeth are floating and their back teeth are sing anchors away.

GRANNY.
That is legal because it's on your property. No different than placing a security camera at your front door to see who's ringin the damn doorbell.
It's also legal to film you chasing the offenders away with a shotgun in your hand, as long as you stay on your property...

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
I live in a college neigborhood. I have lots of drunks smashing stuff and stealing things in my yard. My idea is to mount digital camaras on my turff. Many people stop to piss in my yard due to darkness provided and the location of my house (3 blocks) from the watering holes. My idea is to create a web site and post the pics of what happens in my yard. Legal?
Cameras? Cameras?!?!?! CAMERAS?!?!?!?!?!

Be a man and buy some freaking Doberman Pinschers trained to chop off hanging members from trespassers!

That, or get some sharks with freakin' laser beams attached to their heads.

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don't forget the infrared ...

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