Wow. It’s hard for me to watch these – it bothers me to see that this person is taking video of people that clearly don’t want to be recorded. It reminds me of paparazzi – who invade the privacy of movie actors. It just strikes me as terribly wrong.
Looking at the link from @bkcunningham it says:
“When you are on private property, the property owner may set rules about the taking of photographs. If you disobey the property owner’s rules, they can order you off their property (and have you arrested for trespassing if you do not comply).”
Certainly the filming this guy was doing in the college classrooms could have been considered trespassing. If he was not a registered student, his entering those classrooms would construe trespassing, right?
And, even if he was an enrolled student at that school, the school could take action against him for disrupting classes.
What I found most interesting is that the homeless men he filmed instantly took matters into their own hands and chased after the guy threatening to smash his camera or kick his butt. The folks on the college campus were much more patient with him (though, I agree with the female instructor who called 911. If a strange man walked into my classroom in this day and age I’d call 911, too.)
Moreover, if I found that he’d recorded me and put me on YouTube you can be sure I’d be contacting YouTube to have the video removed.
Legal or not (in public spaces) what this person is doing by filming people is very wrong. It’s not about being insecure—it’s a violation of privacy to have your likeness and voice posted to the internet without your permission.