Shiju, what problem can railways have?
A station is public property and hence nobody should be able to stop you
from photographing it. It isn't covered under the Official Secrets Act, is
it? Besides, if there was a problem, then a HUGE bunch of photographs from
the Commons shouldn't exist. If it were illegal, how come so many films are
shot in stations and trains?
If anybody wants, I can get a sample clip of a road, which can be applied
to rail as well.
--Regards,
On 17 June 2011 17:48, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
hi,
I think since what we want to do is videotape a railway route, the
driver's bogey is more suited to this. I would want to film during day
time only under good visibility conditions, where possible.
I think we could give the CC-BY-SA license to the Indian Railways.
I do not think there'll be too many people to worry about unlike
Google Street View.
Another interesting project could be trying to film rivers from source
to where it meets the sea.
It'll also be a way to map a few things.
Great points! Never thought this could be such an interesting
discussion. Flipcams are great too!
Pradeep
On 17/06/2011, Vickram Crishna <vvcrishna(a)radiophony.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Pradeep Mohandas
<
pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I understand. But the question is that of access to the driver/guard
> bogey.
> We can either be there or not be there at all. Another issue is that
we
> can
> use the video during daytime only.
>
> It's an interesting logistical exercise along with having a "free"
video
> tape of all of that length of railway line.
>
Quite apart from the permission of the Railway authorities, please be
aware
that we, all of us, have a responsibility not to
inadvertently record
anyone
without their express permission. This may not be
expressed explicitly
in
legal terms in India, hence may not cross the
line being drawn by the
Creative Commons partners, but is nevertheless an important distinction
to
be recognised whilst undertaking anything as
incredibly scaled up as
this.
It could be done, in practical terms, by editing
all the footage and
blurring all faces, mostly automatically.
For those who think perhaps this is a sort of googly, please do some
reading
on Google Street View, and the judgments of the
European Court, aside
from
individual countries such as UK and Germany, just
for perspective.
I am totally in favour of this project being done, by the way. If
enough
people can be found across the country who have
time and access to
Flips, I
doubt it would be very difficult to carry out,
provided the Railways is
willing (and it is not illegal) to allow people in the Guard Bogies. I
have
seen Flip night recordings, by the way, and do
not think this is a
major
impediment either.
With care (for individuals/faces), I think it might even be possible to
do
on some city suburban rail lines. It may not
require any permissions,
if it
is done from passenger carriages. But doing it
from the motorman's
viewpoint
(definitely needs permission) could create some
totally fascinating
footage.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>
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