Posted on 11/18/2006 10:51:24 PM PST by WesternCulture
Filming your neighbour having sex is legal
As long as you are not caught in the act it is legal to film your neighbours naked, or even having sex. That is the conclusion reached by prosecutor Bo Birgersson, who has just dropped the charges against a 20 year old man accused of filming 20 of his neighbours in various states of undress.
"It is not possible to be molested without one's knowledge. And even if you find out after the act that somebody has been peeping at you it is not enough to bring about a conviction," Birgersson told Sydsvenskan.
In 2004 young woman in Malmö caught the filmmaker red-handed and alerted the police. But a failure to find any films featuring the woman in question meant that there was no concrete basis for the charge of molestation.
"That's when I think I lost the case," said Birgersson.
Other neighbours first realised that they had been filmed naked when police found video footage in the man's apartment.
In most cases they are captured in everyday situations, watching television or making dinner. But the man also filmed neighbours having sex.
"I find it objectionable that somebody can commit what one might call a virtual invasion of domestic privacy in this way," said professor of media law, Hans-Gunnar Axberger, who would like to see fresh legislation introduced to protect the victims.
Concerning what is mentioned in the article above, I wouldn't be surprised if it turn out to be some followers of this particular confession (having fled to Malmö but wishing to preserve their local traditions) who're pressing charges on their curious neighbors.
They should either put up or shut up.
Viagra commercial?
"Viagra commercial?"
What is Vairga?
I doubt that Sweden is still Lutheran except in name only. Lino's?
I didn't get the Lutheran catty remark, either.
Glad to have another European online, though.
"I didn't get the Lutheran catty remark, either.
Glad to have another European online, though."
Lutheranism in general doesn't have much to do with this particular phenomena.
All the same, the particular Swedes who believe the usage of curtains to be a severe sin belong to a strange sect within North European Lutheranism who most Swedes find very odd (like most other people probably would too). They're called Schartuans or, in Swedish; Schartuaner.
I respect their traditions, but in this case, whatever their views on being filmed and home decorating are, They should either put up or shut up!
It's all good, FRiend. Interesting folks, no doubt.
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Not My neighbors...
Neighbors always cause trouble.
Ask the late Chester Arthur Burnett, aka Howlin' Wolf (a great man and American by the way -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howlin%27_Wolf )
Neighbors (1954 recording)
From More Real Folk Blues (MCA CHD 9279)
When I had a lots of money
I had friends to give a good time
I went out with my friends
We drunk beer and whiskey all night
The next time I take-a 'em out
They didn't have a dime to spend.
I told my neighbors, I ain't gonna spend no money no more
I love my neighbors, I can't spend no dime no more.
I works too hard for my money, to throw my money away
My mama keep my money, I ain't gonna spend no money these days.
I love my neighbors, I love my neighbors,
But I have no dime to spend.
Well every Monday morning, my neighbor knockin on my door
My neighbor done tell me, I want some ready dough
Well I told my neighbor, can't spend no money no more
Neighbor he got mad, and walked on away from my door.
"It's all good, FRiend. Interesting folks, no doubt."
Cheers and greetings from Sweden, FRiend.
A Swedish Delta Bluesman?
I've now seen everything. Wolf, Waters, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson (both of them). If you want a fun, modern iteration, check out T-Model Ford (if you don't have kids listening).
This is great. You should stop on by. The vagaries of timezones...
Being caught 'red-handed' peeping at his neighbors is too much information.
What on earth is the theology behind that kind of thinking? That you always need to be in the Almighty's sight and He can't see you if the windows are covered? And by "curtains" do you mean window draperies made of cloth? Or any sort of window covering such as wooden shutters, roller shades, vertical blinds,etc.?
if anyone saw some of my neighbors....they would burn out their eyes before ever wanting to film/view them in the sack!!!
So, if I find an unconscious drunk and beat the crap out of him, is that OK? Or if I steal his wallet is that OK? Or if I have sex with an unconscius person, is that OK?
man...you are beginning to sound like a lib/dem politician!!!!
Ain't it the truth? AIN'T it the TRUTH...?
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