On 23/05/2012 00:38, MC wrote:
> RichA wrote:
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http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/538755/photography-on-underground-set-for-outright-ban-update-friday
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> It is technically private property so the "owners" can dictate what
> they like. It is the same with any privately owned properties,
> shopping malls, restaurants, office blocks, other public transport
> buildings. They can all make whatever rules they like with regards
> photography and quite often do, whereever you may be in the world.
> However, this does not mean these countries are moving towards further
> "control" because it has always been the same and these
> companies/property owners are just being idiots.
>
> You sensationalise too much.
He doesn't seem to be able to understand the difference between a
private company enforcing *its* rights over what is done on its land and
the UK government. Stupid twisted halfwit troll that he is.
These landowners rights over what they permit have always existed
although they are seldom enforced against private non-commercial
photographers. For commercial use you do have to be very careful that
you are not stood on the wrong side of brass studs in the pavement (US
sidewalk) which denotes the public/private landowner boundary.
A few high profile cases have rested on where the photographer was
stood. See Refuge Assurance v King's College, Cambridge ca 1978 for
instance where a whole ad campaign had to be shredded.
The studs on pavement are actually quite common in major UK cities. A
small notice on the wall or not-so-small in supermarkets and malls
forbidding photography or imposing other rules on the private land may
be displayed by the landowner or simply a "Private - Keep Out" sign.
There are plenty of places where the public is allowed to walk through
private land but is not given any public right of way. The route has to
be barred at least once per year to prevent new rights of way forming.
(usually Christmas Day but not always)
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Regards,
Martin Brown