Filming on Private Land?

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bluehoofprints

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I was in my field and some horses, owned by seperate person, were in my neighbours fields (on contract) I filmed those horses on the leased piece of land? I wasn't on the land but its a video of the horses on the land. Can I get into trouble if I put this on youtube?
 
bluehoofprints said:
I was in my field and some horses, owned by seperate person, were in my neighbours fields (on contract) I filmed those horses on the leased piece of land? I wasn't on the land but its a video of the horses on the land. Can I get into trouble if I put this on youtube?
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So long as you are not using the footage for anything of a defamatory nature, I can't think there would be a problem.

If, on the other hand, you put up the footage remarking on the poor condition of the horses or poking fun at their bad conformation, you might be on dangerous ground! It might also be unwise to use the footage for advertising purposes without asking both the owner of the horses and the land. If they are just part of the scenery, filmed without comment (actual or implied), you should be on safe ground.

If videographers got into trouble for publishing film of what any ordinary passer by can see with the naked eye, nothing could ever get filmed. It often doesn't seem like it but mostly the law follows common sense. Is there any reason why the owners might object to your filming? If the answer is "yes", act with caution! There is no point in deliberately upsetting people just because you can.
 
You can film whatever you like from your own land or from public land. As Dry Rot says, though, proceed carefully if you were going to plaster it all over t'internet with rude remarks attached - they can't get you for the filming, but possibly could for libel or something along those lines, and as it will be clear it was a neighbour who filmed it it could get uncomfortable!
 
Erm .... Why were you filming them? The laws covering photography do state that you can photograph what you like if you're in a public place or on your own land but they are pretty specific about invasion of privacy. (remember the famous " topless duchess" issue not so long ago?).

I would urge caution
 
Basicly, I was in my field filling up a trough, as a keen youtuber, I always have my pocket camera on me, horses in the nearby field were running in to a barn for dinner, it made a good shot :D It doesn't show where we are, it doesn't show anyone else, its just 2 horses running into a barn
 
While I am reasonably sure you are legally ok, morally I think it is a different matter. Also I do not understand the current fixation with putting everything on-line. If you want to share film of your own horses, up to you, but good manners would say not to share film of others horses.
 
I agree with YorksG.

Personally, if someone said, look at this really cute footage I got of your horses running into the barn today, would you mind if I put it on YouTube, I would more than likely say yes. To just happen across a clip of my horses on YouTube would freak me out a bit.

I think people put some really boring things on YouTube! Its useful for learning things or seeing previews of competition venues etc, but things like horses running into barns leave me a bit baffled really! Sorry OP.
 
Polite to ask, I was a bit miffed when an estate agent had clearly been in our field to take picture of house without a please or thank you.
 
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Polite to ask, I was a bit miffed when an estate agent had clearly been in our field to take picture of house without a please or thank you.
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Have you checked to see whether your house is on Google's Street View yet? You could get a nasty shock!

Sign of the times, I fear, though I do agree in principle. It is even scarier doing a search for your own personal information on line -- which is why I prefer to remain (relatively) anonymous on here!:eek3:

http://maps.google.com/intl/en/help...tm_medium=van&utm_source=en-van-na-us-gns-svn
 
mon said:
Polite to ask, I was a bit miffed when an estate agent had clearly been in our field to take picture of house without a please or thank you.
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Different situation; they came on to your land. If there's no public access or right of way I'd be a bit miffed as well :)
 
Dont see the issue with an estate agent going into a field to take a photo of a house, what damage could he possibly do? Up here, we dont have private land so we dont have these issues ;)
 
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