A US court has ruled it is legal to film up a woman's skirt without consent due to a "gap" in the law surrounding invasion of privacy.
Brandon Lee Gary was prosecuted in 2013 on a single count of "unlawful eavesdropping and surveillance" after he was witnessed several times on CCTV footage taking video recordings with a mobile phone beneath the skirt of a customer while she was shopping.
Gary was prosecuted under Georgia's Invasion of Privacy Act, making it illegal to observe, photograph or film the activities of another person without consent when they occur "in any private place and out of public view".
公共の場所で、同意なしにスカートの下から女性を撮影しても罪にならない、とアメリカ
一般からは見えない私的空間にいる人物を、その人の同意なしに覗いたり、撮影するは違法であるが、公共の場所に関しては適用されないのだ、と。
罪刑法定主義の立場からは仕方ない、立法の不備といったところでしょうね。
