IN bill will make filming farms illegal.

[Denny347]

Not sure WHY this would be illegal. The article even says this came about because someone recorded the farm on their phone. Really? What a waste of time. If the person doesn't belong there, trespass them. But whatever a person can see with their own eyes is legal to record...video, pics, voice...etc. This is stupid.

http://www.indystar.com/article/201...l-takes-aim-undercover-videos-farm-conditions

 

[Maximinus Thrax]

As the article stated, there are already legal processes in place to fight damaging reports if they are misleading. I agree with you, this is ridiculous and shouldn't have seen the light of day in any committee.

 

[THard6]

"here you go, because we can't fine anything better to do with out time"

 

[mrjarrell]

Looks like the farm lobby and big pig/ADM spread a bit of lard around to someone and got a bill introduced to protect them from exposes' of their factory farms. Can't let people see how food is really manufactured at a certain level. Protection rackets are alive and well in Indiana.

 

[Mark 1911]

I've got a great movie of corn growing, will sell for $2000 or highest bidder - it's called Assault Corn. Get your copy now before its banned!!

 

[Manatee]

Brings a whole new meaning to Farm Porn.

 

[Mark 1911]

Brings a whole new meaning to Farm Porn.

You've got to admit it, that's just plain corney.

 

[rooster]

This is why. Farm lobby doesnt want to worry about groups like PETA recording them.
peta2: Investigations | PETA.org

 

[GunnerDan]

Maybe it will be the start of legislation that will keep the feds from flying drones over farms taking pictures and movies of whatever they want...

Gunner

 

[CountryBoy1981]

In my opinion peta rates close to westboro baptist church

PETA is worse than Westboro; Westboro only does idiotic protests while PETA will commit terroristic acts against Americans.

Watch this (explicit language warning):

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFtOMx8nDU[/ame]

 

[RockofStrength]

In my opinion peta rates close to westboro baptist church

Agreed, but even those scumbags should be able to record what anyone could legally see with their own eyes.

The bizarre thing is that the videos I see explaining how large numbers of hogs were raised at the state fair were enough to turn me sour to the concept. When your own advert makes me want to raise my own bacon, what are you trying to hide?

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

I've got a great movie of corn growing, will sell for $2000 or highest bidder - it's called Assault Corn. Get your copy now before its banned!!

 

[Llamaguy]

I read the article as preventing people from trying to "embarrass, annoy or harm the business." This is very much a PETA, super-hippie problem. HOWEVER it does not however stop people from filming legitimate crimes and violations and reporting them to the police. The article claims that the pig kicking incident wouldn't come to light and I call Bull**** as the whistle-blower should have just gone to the police with the evidence.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I suggest this legislation stems from the feds filming farming and cattle raising operations last year in Nebraska (I think) and trying to use that info to regulate the farm out of business. They were using drones, IIRC.

 

[futureofwar]

Not only is it ILLEGAL to videotape police in Indiana now the politicians want to make it illegal to videotape on farms. I'm sure if video was as easy as it is now to do that Hitler would have made it illegal at his concentration camps.

For the anti PETA folks.
Lets face it farming isn't what it once was animals and the land get no respect. PETA has its place, we are the stewards of this world and can eat animals without torturing them or giving them a concentration camp style life. I do believe the whole lets not eat animals thing is hogwash, but just because somethng is food doesn't mean it should suffer needlessly.

P.S. Thats why I don't eat lobster, because they are the only animal that is alive when you kill it.

 

[Denny347]

PETA is worse than Westboro; Westboro only does idiotic protests while PETA will commit terroristic acts against Americans.

Watch this (explicit language warning):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFtOMx8nDU

Ha, I LOVED that show, somehow I missed that episode. I watched it and am embarrassed to say that I did not know that about PETA (not that I was a supporter). Learned something new.

 

[Denny347]

Not only is it ILLEGAL to videotape police in Indiana now [/COLOR]

It's not illegal.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Not only is it ILLEGAL to videotape police in Indiana now the politicians want to make it illegal to videotape on farms.

Who is telling you this?

Are you certain you are not thinking of Illinois?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Just what the Indiana Code needs another vague, unenforceable statute which very well may offend the First Amendment.

I fail to see how civil defamation cannot address the concerns of the bill's author.

 

[futureofwar]

It's not illegal.

I withdraw that until I can find the source, this deployments been a rough one on the brain. I think I was thinking of Illinois as the other person metioned though.