System for sharing user-generated content

A system for sharing user-generated content comprising:

• a database, which stores a plurality of user profiles, each associated with a respective recorder user and defining an interaction profile for the respective recorder user;
• and
• a computing device communicatively coupled to the database and including a processor and memory comprising executable instructions, which when executed by the processor configure the processor to:
• receive video from a video recording device associated with at least one of the plurality of recorder users,
• retrieve the interaction profile of the at least one recorder user,
• tag the video as either sharable or non-sharable based on the interaction profile of the at least one recorder user,
• receive viewer user input providing information about desired content;
• determine, using the information, whether the video contain matching content that corresponds to the desired content, and
• if the video is tagged as sharable, provide the matching content to the viewer user.

A method of content sharing comprising:

• streaming video from a first recording device to a content-sharing network while recording the video with the first recording device;
• tagging the video as either sharable or non-sharable based on content-sharing permissions associated with the first recording device;
• if the video is tagged as sharable, providing the video to a viewer user of the content-sharing network;
• determining whether interaction is permitted with the first recording device based on the content-sharing permissions associated with the first recording device;
• and
• if interaction with the first recording device is permitted, transmitting instructions from the viewer device to the first recording device, while recording the video.