Shiju, what problem can railways have? A station is public property and hence nobody should be able to stop you from photographing it. It isn't covered under the Official Secrets Act, is it? Besides, if there was a problem, then a HUGE bunch of photographs from the Commons shouldn't exist. If it were illegal, how come so many films are shot in stations and trains? If anybody wants, I can get a sample clip of a road, which can be applied to rail as well. --Regards,
On 17 June 2011 17:48, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > I think since what we want to do is videotape a railway route, the > driver's bogey is more suited to this. I would want to film during day > time only under good visibility conditions, where possible. > > I think we could give the CC-BY-SA license to the Indian Railways. > > I do not think there'll be too many people to worry about unlike > Google Street View. > > Another interesting project could be trying to film rivers from source > to where it meets the sea. > > It'll also be a way to map a few things. > > Great points! Never thought this could be such an interesting > discussion. Flipcams are great too! > > Pradeep > > On 17/06/2011, Vickram Crishna <vvcris...@radiophony.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < > > pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> hi, > >> > >> I understand. But the question is that of access to the driver/guard > >> bogey. > >> We can either be there or not be there at all. Another issue is that we > >> can > >> use the video during daytime only. > >> > >> It's an interesting logistical exercise along with having a "free" video > >> tape of all of that length of railway line. > >> > > > > Quite apart from the permission of the Railway authorities, please be > aware > > that we, all of us, have a responsibility not to inadvertently record > anyone > > without their express permission. This may not be expressed explicitly in > > legal terms in India, hence may not cross the line being drawn by the > > Creative Commons partners, but is nevertheless an important distinction > to > > be recognised whilst undertaking anything as incredibly scaled up as > this. > > It could be done, in practical terms, by editing all the footage and > > blurring all faces, mostly automatically. > > > > For those who think perhaps this is a sort of googly, please do some > reading > > on Google Street View, and the judgments of the European Court, aside > from > > individual countries such as UK and Germany, just for perspective. > > > > I am totally in favour of this project being done, by the way. If enough > > people can be found across the country who have time and access to Flips, > I > > doubt it would be very difficult to carry out, provided the Railways is > > willing (and it is not illegal) to allow people in the Guard Bogies. I > have > > seen Flip night recordings, by the way, and do not think this is a major > > impediment either. > > > > With care (for individuals/faces), I think it might even be possible to > do > > on some city suburban rail lines. It may not require any permissions, if > it > > is done from passenger carriages. But doing it from the motorman's > viewpoint > > (definitely needs permission) could create some totally fascinating > footage. > > > > > > -- > > Vickram > > Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Regards, ME. Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement My infrastructure invasion... plus other images too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
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