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The PNBR DVD controversy: A filmed biker's perspective
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The PNBR DVD controversy: A filmed biker's perspective
The following comes from a person who appeared in that Wild About Philly preview YouTube clip of their controversial DVD (below) of this year's Philly Naked Bike Ride (we discussed this in more detail in this week's forthcoming A Million Stories, which should be online later today). She asked to remain anonymous:
i had no idea the dvd was even being made. the fact that the gatherings before and after the bike ride were being filmed for a commercial dvd, ostensibly with an accompanying ad campaign, makes me extremely uncomfortable. i assumed i was being filmed for a one-time broadcast or a youtube news piece. at no time was it made clear that my image, voice and words would be for sale. i would not have agreed to be filmed if i had known that.
i'm not ecstatic about the filming of the ride itself or the sale of that footage, but that, to me, is par for the course. PNBR's photo policy is essentially unenforceable because the riders are moving targets. i don't mind being part of a wide shot of moving riders, but hey, that's zero content and would not sell at all.
i understand that the filming and sale of the footage of *me* and others is legal because it was in a public place. i was filmed talking at the afterparty. i find the cameraman's presence there and his active pursuit of interviews from still-naked people pretty upsetting. there was a LOT of alcohol involved (thanks to a "free beer if you're naked" policy), which obviously encouraged people including me to put ourselves in compromising positions, and there were almost certainly minors present.
i feel pretty helpless as far as the sale of the dvd is concerned. a letter-writing campaign? feh. i feel like this whole publicity thing will just increase the sales of the dvd and encourage scumbags who want to experience the novelty of naked chicks in center city all over again to buy it. i would sign my name on a pre-written letter if the campaign made one, but since there's no legal action available from what i've heard, i'm pretty pessimistic about the prospects of halting the sale of the dvd.
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