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On Sun 31-Aug-2025  9:47a, Mike Powell@1:2320/105.0 said to Rug Rat:

MP> Beaches are a good place to take pictures of many other things...
MP> lighthouses,
MP> sunsets... that have nothing to do with whoever is there.  I usually try
MP> to
MP> ignore other people... being tagged for a sex crime just because my camera
MP> makes them uncomfortable is going way too far.

As a photographer and blogger (Non monetized), there are many times that
including a subject in the photo showing their reaction, immerserion, or what
have you into the scene itself tells a story, outside of me just rambling
away.  You are in public, there is no expectation of privacy.  Take your
feelings and go home and hide in your bubble. 

While some of the methods "1st amemdment auditors" go to, to get the content
for their Youtube/Facebook content justified is questionable. I fully support
what they are doing.  I have seen the flip side, and it is not someplace we
want to go.  Furthermore, these women chose to wear what they did when they
stepped outside.  They obviously don't feel uncomfortable about it, just
because I capture it with a camera should not put the onous of shame,
embarrasment, etc. on me!  If they don't want friends, family, coworkers, etc.
to accidently stumble upon it, perhaps they should think about it before
hand.  Yeah I know I will get some "womens lib" person out there all in a
tizzy, but I really am beyond caring.. 

** On a side note.  If you are taking unsolicited photos / videos for a blog /
vlog etc, and that post or video is monetized, does that cross the line into
needing a photo/video release?  That would be a good debate topic

MP> So if they do something bad, and you just tell what they did without
MP> opinion, it could be defamation?  Consider the state of things right now,
MP> I
MP> am surprised we don't have one like this.

If you say it to them and only them, you are in the clear (Though being Korea,
I am sure there are other laws they can get you on.).  Though with or without
oppinion if you saw something to a third party that "defames" them, you might
want a lawyer on retainer.

Other part of Korean law that comes into play with some of these (Though more
and more laws are doing away with this...)...

If the accused enteres into an agreement called a "Personal Appology
Settlement."  Which usually includes an appology without admitting guilt and a
payment.  The "agreived" will drop the charges or the prosecutor will decide
not to procede with prosecution..  On one hand it saves the court a lot of
time, but on the other hand opend the door for legalized extortion.

Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
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