Filming kids in park

zoelouise88

After school today we went to out local park (opposite school so very popular) anyway while on the swings we noticed the house on the edge of the park had what looked like a stephoscope aiming from its window straight into the park - on closer inspection we discovered it was a video camera :eek: (from window to play area is 2-3meters)

the house had metal cages covering the low windows which i imagine is to stop footballs etc getting kicked at the glass.

i find it rather disturbing that some old bloke is allowed to film young kids playing - even if its is there to stop his property getting damaged. although i would have thought it be more use actually covering his property and not pointing directly at our young children.

moonrakerz

zoelouise88 wrote: »

After school today we went to out local park (opposite school so very popular) anyway while on the swings we noticed the house on the edge of the park had what looked like a stephoscope aiming from its window straight into the park - on closer inspection we discovered it was a video camera :eek: (from window to play area is 2-3meters)

the house had metal cages covering the low windows which i imagine is to stop footballs etc getting kicked at the glass.

i find it rather disturbing that some old bloke is allowed to film young kids playing - even if its is there to stop his property getting damaged. although i would have thought it be more use actually covering his property and not pointing directly at our young children.

As a keen amateur photographer I find comments like this rather disturbing.
There is NO law in this country to stop anyone filming or photographing whatever they wish ( with a few exceptions).
If this "old bloke" (categorised already - I'm surprised he wasn't actually labelled a !!!!!phile !!!) wishes to film from his property he is quite entitled to do so. If people don't like their kids being filmed/photographed - hard luck, take them elsewhere or keep them indoors !

This used to be a free country until this paranoia about photographing anything took over.

I suppose you ask permission when you take photographs when you are out with your camera - or don't you ?

vikingaero

Birdwatcher? Naturalist?

Nilrem

I like the way it's immediately assumed there is some dodgy reason/that it's illegal...given the description of the property I wouldn't be surprised if the camera is to catch idiots deliberately kicking balls at his house or something similar:)

You don't tend to put things like metal bars over the windows unless you've had problems...

zoelouise88

Nilrem wrote: »

I like the way it's immediately assumed there is some dodgy reason/that it's illegal...given the description of the property I wouldn't be surprised if the camera is to catch idiots deliberately kicking balls at his house or something similar:)

You don't tend to put things like metal bars over the windows unless you've had problems...

i wasnt assuming there was any dodgy reason :T

just think its wrong that he can film my kids when im not allowed to film them at school

vikingaero

zoelouise88 wrote: »

i wasnt assuming there was any dodgy reason :T

just think its wrong that he can film my kids when im not allowed to film them at school

Your kids are on private space at school. The park is public.

zoelouise88

thanks to you kind people i do actually feel pretty worried now and am now wondering what he is actually using the videos for, just imagine all the peadophiles filming kids it parks with no one to stop them. this world is pretty mad - reminds me of when my mum had trouble with her neighbout and she got told of for filming the neighbours harrasing her, how odd it is she cant film to prove harrassment but any tom !!!!!! & harry can film kids for what ever reason

jc808

zoelouise88 wrote: »

thanks to you kind people i do actually feel pretty worried now and am now wondering what he is actually using the videos for, just imagine all the peadophiles filming kids it parks with no one to stop them. this world is pretty mad - reminds me of when my mum had trouble with her neighbout and she got told of for filming the neighbours harrasing her, how odd it is she cant film to prove harrassment but any tom !!!!!! & harry can film kids for what ever reason

Your imagining pedophilia where there is none - sick person you are

emweaver

moonrakerz wrote: »

As a keen amateur photographer I find comments like this rather disturbing.
There is NO law in this country to stop anyone filming or photographing whatever they wish ( with a few exceptions).
If this "old bloke" (categorised already - I'm surprised he wasn't actually labelled a !!!!!phile !!!) wishes to film from his property he is quite entitled to do so. If people don't like their kids being filmed/photographed - hard luck, take them elsewhere or keep them indoors !

This used to be a free country until this paranoia about photographing anything took over.

I suppose you ask permission when you take photographs when you are out with your camera - or don't you ?

Camera is not filming his porperty just the park! Why would he need / want to video record children under 11 playing?

emweaver

vikingaero wrote: »

Birdwatcher? Naturalist?

A childrens park? Direct onto the roundabout? We live in the middle of the forest so loads of places to go recording nature and birds where children dont pla

zoelouise88

jc808 wrote: »

Your imagining pedophilia where there is none - sick person you are

and how do you know there is none? are you saying you would be happy with some bloke you dont know filiming your kids? also im not imagining them i said 'just imagine' meaning just think that there could be some filming your kids and there is nothing you can do to stop it.