Haven't got the time to read up on Spanish law while I'm at work, but remember that our country has particularly relaxed laws regarding photographing or filming people without their permission or against their requests. It could well be a crime to do this in Spain - I know it can be in France, but then their photographic laws are at the other end of the scale to ours. Not sure where in-between Spain falls. Also: being childless doesn't mean you can speak impartially, it means you don't have the right bit of emotional experience to form a proper understanding of the father's position. If anything, seeing as we aren't mentally disturbed or a child abusers either, we can't claim neutrality so much as a balanced ignorance of the situation But you can still quote the law, and as you rightly said the "punishment" far outweighs the crime no matter whose moral code you subscribe to! I do have time... turns out you can't without permission. The almighty wikipedia which is probably correct on this I still think that beating someone to death for taking a video of your child is a harsh over-reaction that far outweighs the crime. Me too and I have daughters, now laying hands on them that's a different story.