This is very interesting to me bc I had a conversation on this exact subject on the drive up to the fest. As much as Phish shows are the place I feel most welcome to be me...aside from inside my home...I also know that in this day and age there is a chance that some how, some way pics or videos of me may pop up.

I won't be running for president so I don't censor myself a lot but I do censor myself to some degree. Knowing that in a crowd of 30,000+ people, most of which are altered in some way, the crazier I act the more likely I am to be filmed. It is sick! It isn't right! But unfortunately it is something one has to take into consideration.

That being said, although I didn't see the video, it sounds like the guy in the video wasn't doing anything crazy. Sounds like he was keeping to himself and quietly enjoying the music in his minds eye. If he were naked, acting like a lion, etc then his filter would obviously be totally off and it would be naive for him to think his chance of being video taped would be low. But he wasn't doing that. It's sad that he couldn't depend on the community to keep him safe!

Although many employers might not care, if the man were a teacher, policeman, fireman, therapist, MD, nurse, lawyer, clergyman, etc this could easily have turned into a country wide scandal likely to be shown on the national nightly news! So this definitely could of become a huge issue for him personally. When you work in one of these professions u r constantly being watched and are held to a standard, that although unrealistic, is expected and demanded by society! It's one of the biggest reasons why I left my profession. It is also the reason that while working in such profession I had to keep my love for Phish secret. Given that Phish is such a huge part of my life it was a lot like living two lives. It sucked!

Kudos for this article! Kudos to the fan base who is outraged over this, willing to speak out, and willing to do their part to help keep their fellow Phish heads safe! And a huge kudos to YouTube for pulling the video! My only question is what caused them to pull the video? Who complained?

To answer the question about "if they are pulling videos of people doing drugs....pull the video of Trey...." the answer to that, although u may not agree, is public people (ie Trey) do not share the same assumption of privacy (especially while performing) that the ordinary public does.

When we went to the Fest 8 movie I wondered how, or if, Phish was going to protect their fans from this exact thing...except it would of been on a much bigger scale. I was very impressed that they were able to keep their fans' "recreational activities" out of the movie. It was obvious that they worked hard to make sure everyone was protected. I'm sure there were stretches of film that they wanted to use but didn't bc someone in the shot was identifiable and obviously "recreating!" They are the ones making a living off all of this...so if they can protect us then without a doubt we should be able to protect one another!

If we could just do these two simple things shit like this would never happen: 1) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you! And if you'd be ok with someone doing it to you ask yourself....would you be ok with someone doing it to your Mother, Sister, Brother, spouse, etc.? Chances are if there is even a question in your mind then the answer is DON'T DO IT! 2)Never make a descision to post a video or picture until the next morning &/or when you are sober! What seemed like a good choice at the time may be obviously a really bad choice later. It's like drunk dialing for "the year two thousand" (a la Conan O'Brien)