A debate on the proposition that...

	  Congress should strengthen limits the right of its citizens
	to capture, manipulate, and publicly post photographs and video


*** Format:

Two sides (affirmative and negative) with 3 people per side, chosen in advance.

	1.  Opening arguments by debaters, exactly 5 minutes each, alternating
	sides, beginning with the affirmative side.  Total time: 30 minutes.

	2.  Open discussion by non-debaters.  Questions may be asked of the
	debaters, and briefly answered by them.  Time: 15 minutes.

	3.  Rebuttals by debaters, exactly 2 minutes each, alternating sides,
	beginning with the negative side.  Total time: 12 minutes.
	
	4.  Open discussion, no rules, time permitting.


*** A non-exhaustive list of possible issues:

1.  Are there classes of people we shouldn't photograph?
	- Individuals in an audience?
	- Children?
	- The disabled?
	- People in non-flattering poses?

2.  Do people have a right to know if they are being photographed?
	- Should cameras be required to make a shutter noise or blink a light?
	- Should government & industry collaborate to allow "camera jamming"?

3.  Should a distinction be made between public and private space?
	- How about looking through bushes using synthetic aperture photography?
	- How about aerial photography of private homes?
	- How should the rules change?

4.  Is it ok to photograph if we don't post the picture or video?
	- Voyeurism, looking up skirts
	- Where is the line between sharing and posting?

5.  Is it ok to post imagery if we don't manipulate it first?
	- What are inappropriate manipulations?
	- Local edits?  (as opposed to global changes like darkening)
	- Cropping?

6.  What limits should be placed on identification of individuals?
	- Can I post a picture if I blur out faces and license plates?
	- Can I post a picture if I don't label people?

7.  What limits should be placed on association of datatypes (data mining)?
	- Can I label a person if I don't include his (public) police record?

8.  To what extent can photographs and video be repurposed?
	- Can I include any picture I take in an art piece for sale?
	- Can courts use citizen photography as evidence in criminal trials?