Meerkat & Periscope: Is Live-Streaming Video Legal?

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Meerkat and PeriscopeEnable users to live stream video and share the feed on social media

1,000,000Number of people using Periscope to live stream video content 10 days after the app’s launch

Screen cap of NBC Nightly News with my comment visible.

How is this new?Couldn’t we instantly share video already?

1.THE PROBLEM

You want to use the latest technology, and live streaming seems like fun, but the minute you start filming people you don't know, you're at

risk.

Periscope and Meerkat

So new and shiny!

Content goes live...

without review.

You might live stream

someone’s copyrighted content.

You might live stream

someone’s private conversation.

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You might live stream

a sports game or concert (and get kicked out).

Live streaming can even be a crime

Careful where you point that smartphone camera!

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“The real problem is not

whether machines think, but whether men do.

~ B. F. Skinner, American psychologist

PLAN a live streamAs carefully as you would plan a pre-recorded video shoot

Hecklers

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Unfortunate framing

Using someone’s likeness for promotion

(without permission)

Stream responsibly▷Tips for planning to stream video

Control your location

to minimize outside interference

Storyboard

then frame your shot

For branded content, get signed release forms

from anyone prominently featured

Post crowd releases at your event

to alert people in the area that you’re live streaming

Have a contingency plan

In case unforeseen issues arise while you’re streaming

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““A ship is safe in harbor, but

that's not what ships are for.”

~ William G.T. Shedd, [TITLE]

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