Livid Villagers Drive Google Street View Car Out of British Village
Posted 04/03/09 at 07:52:20 PM by Pulkit Chandna
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A Google Street View vehicle came up against a tempestuous, unyielding mob in the British village of Broughton. The Street View car had gone there to collect photographs to be used by the Google Street View service. Google’s ingenious camouflage tactic of leaving the car unmarked failed miserably as its peculiar rooftop camera betrayed the vehicle’s identity and purpose of visit.
When a local resident, Paul Jacobs, discovered the vehicle ambling in his languid village, he rushed towards the car’s driver to deliver his sermon about the privacy rights of villagers in quiet British villages. It did not take long for other villagers to rally behind Jacobs.
Their protest eventually paid off as the vehicle had to leave. The locals are worried Street View may help thieves plan burglaries; Broughton has witnessed three burglaries in the past six weeks.
'I don't mind estate agents taking pictures but this shows people how to get in and how to get out. I was determined to make a stand so I called the police,’ said Paul Jacobs.
Image Credit: Boston(dot)com
Irregardless is an adverb
Submitted by big_montana on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 7:17am
Irregardless is an adverb meaning regardless. I see that irregardless is in more modern dictionaries as non-standard and one online dictionary says that it is used instead of the correct word, regardless, in casual speech and writing and sometimes even by more educated people even though it’s considered to be a grammar faux-pas.
As I like to say, irregardless is not a word regardless of its presence in the dictionary—period.
Late, I know.
Submitted by Tekzel on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 6:49am
I know I am late coming to this particular argument, but I just hate seeing "that isn't a word" being used. What is a word? Its a series of letters that conveys an idea or concept. Did you know what he meant by "irregardless"? I sure did. Thus, it is a word. "Aint" is a word too. You may not agree with their usage, but they are words. I would be willing to bet you use a lot of "non-words" every day, like slang.
You know that would almost
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 11:17am
You know that would almost be fun looking up non-words like irregardless and using those words in our posts just to piss people off.
Accribits?
Submitted by dankers on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 3:30am
Accribits?
to quote Ambush
Submitted by nekollx on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 12:28pm
to quote Ambush Bug
"ADVANTAGEOUS!"
What I think is ironic is
Submitted by jcollins on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 10:52am
What I think is ironic is that this is one of the countries with the most surveillance (CC cameras practically everywhere).
Wow. He does make a good
Submitted by I Jedi on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 12:57pm
Wow. He does make a good point.
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 8:18am
Another thing that bothers me is, at least here in the USA, as a private citizen I have the right to drive on any road in the United States. As long as the road is open for traffic I can drive my car on it. If any other private citizen tries to keep me from this it is a violation of my civil rights as long as I have proper driving privilages and my car is properly licensed, insured and registered. I pay my tolls on toll ways and obey the laws nobody can tell me I can't be there. And I have the right to take pictures of anything from the public streets. If I see a house from the street or sidewalk I can take a picture of it and if any other private citizen or official tries to stop me it will be a violation of my civil liberties. I have the right to take a picture of anything and anyone from the public streets that can be seen from the sidewalks and public streets.
I believe that the laws in the UK are very similar and if I was the one kicked out of that town I would start a lawsuit.
When law enforcement got involved I would have instructed the cops that I was merely taking pictures from the streets and these citizens were violating my civil liberties. I would have instructed the cop to please protect me from the mob and allow me to carry on actively enjoying my civil liberties.
Keith Out.
true... but..
Submitted by ApoX-911 on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 10:25am
What you explained is an account of you as just what you say you are. a private citizen. These are employees for a foreign-based corporation taking pictures to be used and possibly distributed in a product they develop and release publicly. Albeit free or not free there still should be some licensing involved.
If ask.com wanted a picture of my house for their search engine frontpage, they cant just walk up and take it without notifying anybody. Consent must be provided.
Of course, this is all based on the USA laws.
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 12:28pm
Actually anyone taking a picture for pay or not can take a picture of anything from public property and that is the sidewalk and street. This is why photographers from around the world can take pictures of actors and people of notoriaty and their homes and property without any kind of license. And these photographers make lots of money based on the picture. There is a show on tv that goes into actors faces all the time. I can't remember the name but they have that right. What can be viewed from public streets and sidewalks can be photographed and sold or printed for profit without license or recourse. That is law here in the USA. If a photographers walks onto your property and takes a picture of you, then you can have them criminally trespassed and request to make a criminal trespass complaint and goto court for the destruction of all photos taken while commiting a crime. Trespassing is a crime.
Basically if you don't want any pictures of your property on the internet, on tv or in a news paper and magazine then I suggest you build a tall wall and you'll need a permit for that.
If I run into you in a mall I can take your picture without your permission and print it in magazines and newspapers and put it on tv and you can't do anything about it as long as I do not say anything that can hold me lible.
You do not have the right to personal privacy in public. This was done to protect reporters and photographers that were getting sued for taking pictures.
If you don't believe me then look it up. I'm sure it's the same way in the UK and France to protect the press.
Submitted by SEALBoy on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 8:24pm
Here's the irony in the situation:
This story has been on a lot of major news networks. If they weren't gonna get robbed before, they're sure as hell gonna get robbed now.
Submitted by jcollins on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 10:51am
From what I understand, there have been multiple robberies in that area recently already.
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 8:09pm
A thief is going to break in and steal anything they want with or without Google. They will case a target and take their own pictures if needed. This is like banning guns because criminals use guns to kill and comit other crimes. If only a couple people in that office had a gun on themselves as every american should carry a gun the murder spree today in New York would have had far fewer casualties. I'm not afraid of the google car because thieves are going to steal irregardless of what you do.
I guess they are going to start blaiming google and gun manufacturers for all the crimes in our cities.
Submitted by dankers on Sun, 04/05/2009 - 5:57pm
All due respect, irregardless isn't a word.
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Sun, 04/05/2009 - 8:53pm
Sure looks like a word to me... It's got letters and stuff that form a word and here is it's wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
Submitted by dankers on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 3:21am
It is generally listed in dictionaries as "incorrect" or "nonstandard".
if someone really wanted to
Submitted by pepper_roni on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 7:05pm
if someone really wanted to steal somthing they would simply walk to town, scout out and take a few pics...... what crimminal would waste the time with googles old photos
I agree. If thieves really
Submitted by ArrecBarrwin on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 6:37pm
I agree. If thieves really wanted to break into a house, they certainly wouldnt rely on google Streetview to plan their escape. Anything that can be seen by the Streetview camera can be seen by anyone walking down the street, so stop whining, will ya?
Submitted by mesiah on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 6:31pm
Contagious paranoia like this just blows my mind. Do these morons actually beleive that someone is going to use streetview to case their house? If they wanted surveilance they would come and take pictures themselves. And if they think people are going to use it to spot the most expensive houses to break into.... there are better ways then going through streetview images. The human race never ceases to disapoint me.
That small town also has the
Submitted by n0ctis on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 6:41am
That small town also has the right to be left the hell alone.
Submitted by Vegan on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 5:09pm
Call the police? They have every right to take those pictures, they're certainly not filming anything that isn't already being filmed in that country.
Submitted by nekollx on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 5:29pm
what i find funny is there are PROVEN cases where Google Maps HELPEd police catch criminals.
And there is nothing stopping a crook who wants tocase the join brining a digital disposiable camera.
So really their just HURTING local athorities
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