The everyone show
Feb. 17th, 2009 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sobriqueSo, 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.
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.
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Date: 2009-02-18 08:43 pm (UTC)Equally, the assumptions aren't considered in enforcement - in terms of speeding, the dratted cameras were rolled over the country and ended up criminalising people who were driving fast but safely, when the law was there to bludgeon people who either drove like idiots or caused accidents through not being able to handle their speed.
To get back to the cameras - the law is slower to change than cameras can be rolled out. Until the law is changed to reflect increased likelihood of detection cameras should be used with care.