This is absolutely insane. A mom was prevented from taking her daughter to a Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall because she works for a law firm litigating against the venue's parent company. They spotted her with facial recognition technology according to this report: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/face-recognition-tech-gets-girl-scout-mom-booted-from-rockettes-show-due-to-her-employer/4004677/
@kashhill , I think I agree with this policy, by the venue. If you are suing me, I don't want your business, and I don't want to give you access to any property of mine to gather information about my businesses.
@kashhill , I don't think journalists are suing venues. I don't think there is any equivalence. I suppose there can be an argument for there being some similarities, and motive to ban journalists, but I don't think those arguments are valid.
@JonKramer @kashhill as someone else pointed out, the best people to persuade a litigant to drop their case if they are unlikely to win are the opposing counsel, so why get them offside? Opposing counsel will be using hired investigators rather than investigating in person anyway.
@vivsmythe @kashhill , I can see that argument. But, I think if I was the target of a legal action, I would want no one involved in my venue. I wouldn't want them, their family, their lawyers, their investigators, or anyone else on my property. I would make that very clear that they were not welcome, and would not be served. I'm not sure why anyone would feel differently.
@JonKramer @kashhill even in a venue with capacity for thousands? The RCMH/MSG business is selling tickets to see entertainments that cost a fortune to stage, taking lawsuits that are a known business overhead so personally seems rather counterproductive for the bottom line. Also LOL at the idea of keeping investigators out - they're contractors who work with many clients (and maybe even worked for them in the past and probably will again).
@vivsmythe @kashhill , are you "lol"ing at the complexity of keeping those involved out, or the concept? I would never suggest it is easy. Look at Ukraine right now attempting to keep Russians out... it can be rather difficult, especially as the venue size increases.
@JonKramer Wonder which places will start banning journalists first