[CIMC-work] (video legal issues) Fw: [Imc-legal] FW: [IMC-Video] imc video endangerment

[Chris Kaihatsu]

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From: "SuZQ" <suzq at riseup.net>
To: "John Windmueller" <john at conflictresolver.com>
Cc: <imc-legal at indymedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Imc-legal] FW: [IMC-Video] imc video endangerment


Italy IMC had a similar problem in february 2002; looking for Genoa
footage, cops raided IMCs and social centers across Italy to grab raw
footage, computers ... they even grabbed a dildo!  Since then ITaly IMC
has issued a "guide to safe taping" about how to film demos without
endangering comrades.  The National Lawyers Guild has also made such a
guide, I think.  Would be worth distributing before demos.

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On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, John Windmueller wrote:

> This was posted by someone to the global imc-video list, but I thought
> that perhaps folks on this list might want to consider the issue.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: imc-video-bounces at lists.indymedia.org
> [mailto:imc-video-bounces at lists.indymedia.org] On Behalf Of amory starr
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:22 PM
> To: imc-video at lists.indymedia.org; imc-sf-video at lists.indymedia.org;
> imc-uk-video at lists.indymedia.org
> Cc: 'Marc Steier'; rob ross
> Subject: [IMC-Video] imc video endangerment
>
> hi all,
> 
> i worked with MAD legal in miami. this email applies to all imc-video
> folks, not just those who worked in miami.
> 
> as you know, video evidence can be very useful in helping activists in
> their defense against some very bogus charges. in order to be used in
> court, the video must be unedited and there must be a videographer able
> to assert that s/he did not invent or tamper with the tape.
> 
> as you are also probably aware, video evidence can incriminate folks in
> the background while defending folks in the foreground etc etc.
> 
> a few weeks ago regarding a different issue i asked this list about
> control over use/distribution of video and got very little response. i
> also read all the faqs and followed links regarding financial control
> over tape. what i learned is that imc materials are protected only by a
> few white papers, and not by a single internal policy, let alone by any
> kind of legalese. while the grassroots participatory model of the imc is
> a beautiful part of our movement, unprotected video archives can
> endanger fellow activists. 
> 
> employed journalists are protected by some kind of legal thing called a
> "shield law" which prevents cops and prosecutors from subpoenaing or
> otherwise grabbing all the raw tape and charging folks at will. 
> 
> can imc-video look into the possibility of gaining "shielded" status
> from law enforcement while also affirming open-publishing for democratic
> media purposes? i know this is a lot of work, but we owe it to our
> brothers and sisters in the streets! we aren't doing a very good job
> supporting the 110+ political prisoners already in jail in the US, we
> can't afford any more!
> 
> amory 
> 
>
>
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