The everyone show

[sobrique]

So, here in the UK we have an insanely large proportion of the world's CCTV cameras. Something like 25% if my source is correct.

And we also have such TV gems as Big Brother, You've been Framed, and assorted 'fly on the wall' documentaries.

Surely that's just plain inefficient? I propose we create a new form of viewing, called 'the everyone show'.
What we do, is hook up our CCTV grid to the net, and make it public access. And allow people to tag and rate clips, on a 'you tube' style portal. A collection of the weeks finest moments is then formatted into a round up show, and presented on national TV. Maybe there's even enough for multiple?

I mean, we're already paying for those cameras anyway, we may as well use them. And it's not like it's invasion of privacy, because that privacy was already gone anyway.

Comments

[syntheticbrain.livejournal.com]

The masses of cameras that make up the vast majority of that hideous number aren't - they are only checked for evidence when a crime is reported. Do you honestly think that all those cheap little cameras on buses, over ATMs etc are monitored?

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

No, but they could be. Which I thought was rather the point of the panopticon concept - that the gaoler could be watching at any time.

[syntheticbrain.livejournal.com]

maybe it depends on how much you know - if you think all CCTV camera's go to some huge control centre somewhere for monitoring you believe yourself to be permanently observed; if however you think it's a 3MP webcam only recording the last 24 hours for evidence gathering you are more free (freeer?) in your actions.

In the latter case the "everyone show" is a game changer.