Good Morning Charles,
You have a point, a cynical point but a point nonetheless. I share some of that cynicism. That the homeowner posted that video is punitive and probably unethical. As @1 mentioned, it might have diminished his bargaining chip, the lawsuit against the couple. That said, the video is there forever in the internet universe.
It begs the rhetorical question to a situation unlike this but a cousin to this sordid affair (The couple didn't consent to their clandestine tryst being filmed and subsequently posted). Why would anyone voluntarily allow compromising video/pictures on the internet especially w/o compensation? The internet is indeed forever (sounds like eternity?). Consumers must be aware of photography/videos with their handheld and fixed electronic devices. A creepy moral to the technology/information revolution is that I believe modern society has lost all privacy. We must exercise vigilance. Otherwise, we could be "there forever".
@2 I'm pretty strongly against the posting of sexual video and imagery to the interwebs without consent. What is this but another flavor of revenge porn? Yes the realtors were dumb, unethical, and probably liable. I still think their consent should be required to post this content online.
My Godfather was a builder in Chicago and used to complain about this all the time. And this was 15 years ago. Apparently, this is a common problem that causes many people to turn a blind eye...as long as the appropriate profit is made.
I hope that isn't a scolding tone I'm picking up on, since by reposting it here, you're adding to it, Charles.
And thank you for repeating the bullet points of the story three lines after they appeared in the block quote. My attention span is only 50 characters, after all.
But despicable? They humped in front of his security cameras. What were they expecting?
You have a point, a cynical point but a point nonetheless. I share some of that cynicism. That the homeowner posted that video is punitive and probably unethical. As @1 mentioned, it might have diminished his bargaining chip, the lawsuit against the couple. That said, the video is there forever in the internet universe.
It begs the rhetorical question to a situation unlike this but a cousin to this sordid affair (The couple didn't consent to their clandestine tryst being filmed and subsequently posted). Why would anyone voluntarily allow compromising video/pictures on the internet especially w/o compensation? The internet is indeed forever (sounds like eternity?). Consumers must be aware of photography/videos with their handheld and fixed electronic devices. A creepy moral to the technology/information revolution is that I believe modern society has lost all privacy. We must exercise vigilance. Otherwise, we could be "there forever".
And thank you for repeating the bullet points of the story three lines after they appeared in the block quote. My attention span is only 50 characters, after all.