paging the photographers

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:45:57 +0000 (UTC), wessie
<putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:

this may amuse those who have been challenged by jobsworths when taking
pictures of buses & other objects in public places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hcy8hBfEdds

Not very amusing seeing thick people get ever more out of their depth
because they haven't been trained or briefed on the law or how to do
their job. Still it's broadly indicative of the crap you have to put
up with from security people and PCSOs if you have the cheek to carry
a SLR camera around with you.

I trust someone has told Mrs Thicko that only a court can require the
deletion of photos. A policeman certainly has no right to require that
to be done and they'd be in deep shit if they instructed a member of
the public to do it. Let's hope Golden Wonder have done something
about their security staff deal with members of the public. I dread to
think how that pair of guards would deal with a real security threat
or emergency given they got so wound up that gates were slammed and
bits of barrier detached.
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Paul C

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:45:57 -0800, wessie <putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:

this may amuse those who have been challenged by jobsworths when taking
pictures of buses & other objects in public places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hcy8hBfEdds

What I want to know is, why on earth would it be illegal to take a photo
of a building? (Excluding national security reasons, of course.)

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:00:17 -0800, Thomas <keensurf@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:45:57 -0800, wessie <putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:

this may amuse those who have been challenged by jobsworths when taking
pictures of buses & other objects in public places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hcy8hBfEdds

What I want to know is, why on earth would it be illegal to take a photo
of a building? (Excluding national security reasons, of course.)

In general it isn't. Or rather none of the legislation we have was
drafted in such a way as to make that the intent but poor draughtsmanship
corrupt politicians and greedy businessmen mean we have a few badly worded
laws which others seek to pervert even more for their own, usually
pecuniary, gains.

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steve auvache

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:34:16 +0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Paul
Corfield says:

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:00:17 -0800, Thomas <keensurf@gmail.com> wrote:

What I want to know is, why on earth would it be illegal to take a photo
of a building? (Excluding national security reasons, of course.)

Everyone with a real camera - as opposed to having one on a mobile
phone - is an evil terrorist seeking to blow up every building within
range of their camera's lens.

The other variant is that anyone, other than the child's parents, who
points a camera at a child or anywhere within half a mile of a school
is peadophile who will either run off and wank over their photos or
else drool over them while contemplating how to kidnap the child.

Surely you know that ??!!?!! Don't you read the Sun, Daily Express
or the Daily Mail??

I imagine one of the advantages of living in the US is not being able
to buy that tripe. I am sure they have their own equally despicable
publications.

--
Ian
"Bother!" said Pooh as he deleted his source code

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:45:57 +0000 (UTC), wessie wibbled:
this may amuse those who have been challenged by jobsworths when taking
pictures of buses & other objects in public places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hcy8hBfEdds

Not the same in France. Very much different in fact. You can be banged
up for a year (IIRC) and fined if you take a picture of a person and use
that picture without their consent. That includes using that picture in
a private place. This can be got around by said person objecting at the
time the photo was taken, otherwise consent is presumed.

For buildings, I believe it's okay if it's for private use, but you need
permission from the owner if it's for commercial use.

It's all a crock of shite anyway. I remember years ago when the register
showed an article about the French version of google maps whereby
they'd blacked out all military installations [1]. Google maps hadn't.

[1] Against the law, see.
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wessie burbled...

this may amuse those who have been challenged by jobsworths when taking
pictures of buses & other objects in public places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hcy8hBfEdds

Hah, I feel very very very slightly for the female "security guard" who
I think is just ill educated and trying to do what she perceives as her
job. (very badly)

Funny though, and the usual "you're taking photos of 'xyz' in public so
you must be a pervert" was trotted out.

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frag

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.