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lauchenauermartin Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:04 am Post subject: Photographers Rights And The Law In The UK |
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Photographers Rights And The Law In The UK - A brief guide for street photographers.
Know your rights when you're out with your camera.
Despite the law being clear on a citizen's rights to freely take pictures in public places (with a few restrictions) there is growing evidence of the police, police community support officers (PCSOs), security guards and general jobsworths failing to respect the rights of photographers going about their lawful business.
Street shots
If you're on a public right of way - such as a public pavement, footpath or public highway - you're free to take photographs for personal and commercial use so long as you're not causing an obstruction to other users or falling foul of anti-Terrorism laws or even the Official Secrets Act (frankly, this one is unlikely).
Property owners have no right to stop people taking photos of their buildings, so long as the photographer is standing in a public place (e.g. the road outside).
However, if you're standing on private property and the landowner/occupier objects, then they have every right to request that you stop immediately and ask you to leave if you refuse.
Shopping Centres
Most shopping centres and malls stand on private land with many gaining a notorious reputation for speedily dispatching stroppy security guards demanding that you stop taking photos.
The irony that they're already busy filming you from every angle via a flotilla of CCTV cameras is generally lost on them.
Deleting images
Security guards do not have stop and search powers or the right to seize your equipment or delete images or confiscate film under any circumstances.
For more info on photographers rights, please visit:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/photogr...
Special thanks to:
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willow the wip Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 199
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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You mite what to consider this site
http://sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php
this gives you the law.
Link: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/labour_mp_austin_mitchell_launches_photography_petition_in_parliament_news_197555.html?aff=rss
A Labour MP (Mitchell, Austin) has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons condemning police action against lawful photography in public places.
His EDM reads as such:
That this House is concerned to encourage the spread and enjoyment of photography as the most genuine and accessible peoples art; deplores the apparent increase in the number of reported incidents in which the police, police community support officers (PCSOs) or wardens attempt to stop street photography and order the deletion of photographs or the confiscation of cards, cameras or film on various specious ground such as claims that some public buildings are strategic or sensitive, that children and adults can only be photographed with their written permission, that photographs of police and PCSOs are illegal, or that photographs may be used by terrorists; points out that photography in public places and streets is not only enjoyable but perfectly legal; regrets all such efforts to stop, discourage or inhibit amateur photographers taking pictures in public places, many of which are in any case festooned with closed circuit television cameras; and urges the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers to agree on a photography code for the information of officers on the ground, setting out the publics right to photograph public places thus allowing photographers to enjoy their hobby without officious interference or unjustified suspicion.
http://www.sirimo.co.uk/media/UKPhotographersRights.pdf
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