Thanks for an actual sane response to the OP. I can understand this a lot more than "it is illegal to video parades".
Re:Techno Viking Takes Youtube Uploader To Court
by tobiasu on Friday May 10, 2013 @01:01PM
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Also note that public figures have fewer rights to their own image than Joe J. Random. It's fine to target a politician at a demonstration, etc.
If there is public interest in a specific person, pictures of that person can be published (within the limits what's newsworthy to the public) without their consent.
Lawsuits in this area are not uncommon, since it's hard to nail down the specifics.
True and that assertion holds as well in germany. The issue with the techno-viking video is that he is not shown as part of the parade, but specifically and personally filmed and made the center of the video. This is the point where it crosses the line from filming a public parade with the techno viking being part to filming the techno viking as a person. The first would be completely legal, the second requires a permission of the person.