Witnessed a fight this morning, apparently some would be Tiktok guys was doing filming in a public park, however some parents having a birthday party not far away was not happy that the tiktok people was filming in their direction and was worried they will appear in the tiktok once their filming are finished.
Words got exchanged and it got physical, one of the filming guy was shouting this is a free country and we can film on public land, and the other parents was shouting back not if you are filming and have us in the video.
Interested in your thoughts on this, who is right and who is wrong here? Does the parents needs to give consent here? Or does the tiktok guys right about filming in public space? (Parks, walkways, etc)
There is alot of walking tours on YouTube, basically people with a 4k camera walking slowly and doing filming while at it. Some videos captures hundreds of people in it, does consent needed for these people?
The key word here is “commercial”, not just “posting online” for social points.
If you found yourself in the background of a viral tiktok and you’re not ok with it, I would encourage seeking legal advice, but I would assume that you would still have to prove they made commercial gain from the distribution of that specific footage, before actually having a legal way to have the footage removed.