Photographers rights

[lifeboat1721]

Hi guys,

This is the most up to date link I can find..

http://www.sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php/2004/11/19/uk_photographers_rights_guide

Ian

[Western SMT]

Hi Ian
Date of document is 19/11/04 but good link all the same.

[Western SMT]

Are we guilty until proved innocent?

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Photographers_guilty_until_proved_innocent_news_27 8299.html

[Bobjork]

I've never had problems with taking pictures when travelling in UK.
No cop or anyting came.

Did not even know there was a law against it.

[Western SMT]

Was it just chance that google managed to photo everything for the street maps before this law came out.

[G-CPTN]

Did not even know there was a law against it.
There wasn't!

[G-CPTN]

The police have no power to delete images. If they try to do so (and that has happened in the past), suggest politely they would be committing a criminal offence.
Interesting - I wonder what response you would get?

[Bobjork]

There wasn't!

Aha, so if I go to england now I can't take any photos...
Think I stay here then, where it is allowed to take photos of everyone and everything, as long as it is a public space.

[G-CPTN]

Until recently, the same applied here in the UK. If you were standing in/on a public space you could photograph freely.
Then it started that you could not take photographs of young children without the specific permission of the parents of all those that might be in the field of view. Now you risk arrest if a police officer is around as you might be construed to be a terrorist.

[Western SMT]

You can certainly take photos, it seems you just have to be careful what subject you are photographing and have a valid reason ready.
Nobody is going to bother about tourist photos but what they are saying is no photos of police, military or other security related subjects that could be twisted round to make you look suspect.

http://www.tonysleep.co.uk/info/permissions-and-releases

[G-CPTN]

So how do you classify the ceremonial soldiers that guard Whitehall and Buckingham Palace?
These used to be tourist attractions, but now could be classified as prohibited under recent declarations.

[Western SMT]

Time will tell just how far they these grey area rules on taking photographs will be stretched.

What the new law says
Section 76 of the newly introduced Terrorism Act 2008 states: 'A person commits an offence who elicits or attempts to elicit information about an individual who is or has been: a member of Her Majesty's forces, a member of any of the intelligence services, or a constable, which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, or publishes or communicates any such information.' The law adds that a person found guilty of such an offence faces up to ten years in prison or a fine, or both.

What next – will you will have to look away when passing men digging holes in the road for if you look it could be interpreted as helping terrorists locate gas pipes etc

[Western SMT]

Police told them to delete photos -

He was told by Police that photographing anything to do with transport was "strictly forbidden" and the officers recorded his details, including passport numbers and hotel addresses.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/17/police-tourist-photos-walthamstow

[Western SMT]

A brief guide on photographers rights

http://www.urban75.org/photos/photographers-rights-and-the-law.html