This "rule" is used all the time within media and films as a way of making the scenes between two people or a person and object look nature and consistent between shots. The idea is that the camera stays on one side of a 180-degree axis so the the shots aren't inconsistent and confuse the viewer because the objects in shot are unfamiliar because that side has previously been unseen. The most obvious example of this is in battle scenes in films, the camera has to stay on the same side otherwise it would look as if the two sides keep changing the side of which they are charging/fighting from, the same applies when filming sporting matches.
The 180-degree rule can be used to great effect, for instance it can show two sides to a person as in the Lord of the Rings trilogy where Peter Jackson uses the rule to portray Gollum to have two sides, the bad side looks to the right as he speaks and the good side to the left.
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