Automobile Motor Vehicle Laws: Dashcam Video Evidence Permitted in Germany by Federal Constitutional Court

Anticipating this decision, we some days ago acquired an automobile dashcom 4K camera outfit.

As reported in the news, Dashcam footage is to be permitted as evidence in German courts. Xinhua.net writes:

"The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany ruled on Tuesday that video footage captured by cameras attached to vehicle dashboards will henceforth be permitted as a potential form of legal evidence in traffic accidents in Germany."

Read also (in German) at Computer Bild:
Wichtiges Urteil: BGH lässt Dashcam-Aufnahmen als Beweismittel zu

What is still NOT legally permitted is "continuous" viz. "endless" dashcam video footage, which is regarded by existing law to be a privacy invasion. Accordingly, permissible dashcam cameras will surely have to have some kind of automatic controls that limit the length of actual dashcam filming for any given video sequence.

As a practical matter, of course, this decision will definitely lead to an increase in dashcam sales.

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Murphy v. NCAA at the Volokh Conspiracy: Federalism, State's Rights, Constitutionality, Sports Gambling, Taxes

We acknowledge -- somewhat late it is sure -- the move of the Volokh Conspiracy to Reason.com. It is worth reading their Broader Implications of the Supreme Court's Sports Gambling Decision.

Gambling and Sports: U.S. Supreme Court Holds Unconstitutional a Federal Law Against Sports Betting

The U.S. Supreme Court has found unconstitutional a federal law against sports betting, finding it encroaches on the rights of the States to make their own laws on gambling.

Debra Cassens Weiss has the story at Supreme Court strikes down federal law that bans sports betting.

We previously commented on Gambling and Gaming Laws and Online Fantasy Sports : What is Legal? What can be Prohibited?
 

Europe's Tough New Law on Information Privacy and Data Mining: Will You Be Better Protected?

Europe has a tough new law on data privacy on the Internet that will impact the rest of the world, including the USA. Will it slow down the pace of information gathering by the data miners?

See the New York Times on The New European Pivacy Law