Photography rights: Snappers to descend on Scotland Yard
Papping the police shouldn't mean a pop to prison
By John Ozimek http://search.theregister.co.uk/?author=John Ozimek12th February 2009 13:29 GMT
Comment The individual right to take photographs is being threatened, and distrust of police and government motives in respect of photography is growing. On Monday, the issue will be defiantly, peacefully raised as a mass demonstration, supported by comedian Mark Thomas, converges on New Scotland Yard to assert the right of snappers to take pictures.
The demonstration is a direct response to new powers that the police will acquire on that day under the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, which many fear will be used to further restrict and harass photographers. This follows a year in which the issue of the individual right to photograph has rarely been out of the news.
The new law makes it an offence to elicit or attempt to elicit information about an individual who is or has been a member of Her Majestys 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".
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/pap_the_police/
Papping the police shouldn't mean a pop to prison
By John Ozimek http://search.theregister.co.uk/?author=John Ozimek12th February 2009 13:29 GMT
Comment The individual right to take photographs is being threatened, and distrust of police and government motives in respect of photography is growing. On Monday, the issue will be defiantly, peacefully raised as a mass demonstration, supported by comedian Mark Thomas, converges on New Scotland Yard to assert the right of snappers to take pictures.
The demonstration is a direct response to new powers that the police will acquire on that day under the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, which many fear will be used to further restrict and harass photographers. This follows a year in which the issue of the individual right to photograph has rarely been out of the news.
The new law makes it an offence to elicit or attempt to elicit information about an individual who is or has been a member of Her Majestys 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".
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/pap_the_police/
