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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 7:10 pm
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Originally Posted by ralfp
How so? The recording is the intellectual property (copyrighted) of the person who took it. What gives the airline the right to take and destroy that property? Sure, they could sue to take possession of that property or they could deny the passenger passage on any remaining segments of the ticket.
Originally Posted by goalie
they can politely (n.b. politely) ask that you not film (or take photographs) but hey have no right or grounds to tell you to delete your video (or photographs) <grrrrr>
Hmm...thanks for the info. I had assumed that if you weren't supposed to be taping they could tell you to delete what you shouldn't have taped in the first place. Definitely good to know since I travel with my camera.
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