CEO and HR of Astronomer caught in Coldplay's concert kiss cam

@SunshineGirl The organisers for permitting the band to use such cameras... and the perfomer for using the images as supposed "entertainment".

(I have no sympathy for the pair of them, and he has resigned, but I do find the whole "kiss cam" concept as cheap, nasty and childish as its name.)

@SunshineGirl You accept the terms of access to both the venue, and the terms of sale of the promoter of the event, and the terms set by the performer(s) when buying tickets to an event and actually going to it. If you choose to ignore those terms (as Andy and Kirstin *BOTH* did!) then more fool you.

@SunshineGirl thats what probably will happen, but Chris obviously didnt say it out of spite

@zonavar68 Yes, that does make sense. I have only encountered those cameras at sports events before. They are irritating in the extreme and I assumed the only reason people tolerated them was because they had drunk too much to care.

@SunshineGirl Most people never read terms/conditions of entry to a venue and/or an event. Pure and simple. Same as most people never read the fine print of a contract (like for buying car, or getting insurance, or anything else requirement a contractual agreement) before signing. Purchasing tickets to or buying entry permission for a venue or event is a 'contractual agreement'.

@zonavar68 No, they don't - and the companies exploit the fact by making the terms basically unreadable. Literally "small print", pages of pseudo-legal waffle, but all saying to the customer, "You as Customer, agree that You pay The Company to serve the Company as it decides".

Quite apart from catching out alleged adulterers though, I ask the legality and morality of filming strangers without their specific permission or control, for others' entertainment.

Who is making the video?
Who owns its contents?
What is done with it after the show?
What protection does it have from wrongful use?
What warnings are given to the audience prior to even buying the tickets, that the audience as well as performers will be videoed for reasons other than genuine TV broadcast or performance publicity?

People worry about security cameras in shops but those are there for a genuine reason. What of worrying about so-called "kiss-cameras" used for no genuine reason or justification?

@ArishMell people still go. Unless people stop going things won't change. Buy tickets - accept the conditions..same as buying insurance or entering into a lease or other sort of commercial contract.

@zonavar68 A fair point, and anyway most people would not be picked out by any cameras anyway.