Ban on Photos in Public - Page 2

grego · 18-02-2007, 19:02

Absolutely ridiculous the politicians are just trying to control everything, it makes no sense at all and would be impossible to police.

SPUGGIE J · 18-02-2007, 19:12

Carrying on like this makes me wonder if its a demoratic dictatorship these power mad polititions want.

WillowTheWhisp · 18-02-2007, 20:45

What an absolutely ridiculous idea. I tried the link but it was unavailable. I haven't actually seen the news story. Is this perhaps an exaggeration by the press or something which has been misquoted and taken out of context and then reported? I can't believe even our government can be so stupid as to try to make this law. Does this also go for photographing scenery?

shillelagh · 18-02-2007, 21:08

How can you ban taking photo's in public? So if i go to London for the weekend then I cant take a photo of me standing in front of the tower of london or buckingham palace? That will kill of the tourist money wont it?

flashy · 18-02-2007, 21:08

what a loada testicles, so we cant take pictures of the sky now can we?

WillowTheWhisp · 18-02-2007, 21:17

Not much chance of getting a snapshot of Nessie in future then..........

cherokee · 18-02-2007, 21:31

and omg

!!!!!!!!!!!! how would we ever catch all those magic moments from the accyweb meets???????????..

something tells me this wont ever come to fruition

shillelagh · 18-02-2007, 21:34

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Not much chance of getting a snapshot of Nessie in future then..........

more likely to catch spug trying to behave more normal than trying to photo nessie!!!

WillowTheWhisp · 18-02-2007, 22:39

I've been looking into this in a little more detail and at present it appears that there are no actual proposals to make this law - just suggestions and ideas. It needs nipping in the bud before it gets any further.

THIS is a link to the current situation regarding photographer's rights in this country.

cashman · 18-02-2007, 23:42

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

How can you ban taking photo's in public? So if i go to London for the weekend then I cant take a photo of me standing in front of the tower of london or buckingham palace? That will kill of the tourist money wont it?

better that than publishing em jen.

shillelagh · 19-02-2007, 00:56

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Originally Posted by cashman

better that than publishing em jen.

Depends cashy dearest - on what i was wearing standing outside there dont it?

junetta · 19-02-2007, 01:04

So............if I manage to get back to Ossy in October, I won't be able to take a pic of my brother having a fag in the Stop!!

It gets worse.

WillowTheWhisp · 19-02-2007, 06:45

It's not law. It's not even a proposed law yet as far as I can gather - it's some suggestions for a proposed law, so you should be OK in October. It's not going to gain the government any extra revenue so I can't see it being fast tracked.

I was thinking about this - you know how they've got those 'no cameras' signs in some places like the Tower of London and Accy Arndale? If you do the tour of Lancaster Castle they tell you that you must not take photos inside the Shire Hall because it is till a working court (Can't quite see the logic of that one when there isn't actually a court in sesion.) but then you go into the gifte shoppe and there are postcards with pics of the Shire Hall - sort of defeats the logic doesn't it?

entwisi · 19-02-2007, 08:29

Willow, did you read tha PDF that you posted the link to (I posted the same link some time ago in another thread btw!

) Basically when on Private property they can restrict you in any way they want. If that is to make you 'buy' an official piccy then so be it.

The other thing to be wary of is that the link relates to teh law as at August 2004. Some time ago in this day and age so i wouldn't take it as total gospel without checking if there are any new developments or laws or changes to existing legislation e.g. data protection act

WillowTheWhisp · 19-02-2007, 11:42

Unless a new law, which as far as I'm aware hasn't yet been formulated let alone proposed, is passed then no matter how old the existing law is, it still stands.