Mastermind and the road to Damascus

[John Wilson]

2009/2/26 Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>:
> In article <49A69C3C.3010907@callnetuk.com>, Pete Mitchell
> <otcbn@callnetuk.com> writes
>>>
>>> =A0Perhaps they could persuade one of their journalist colleagues to wr=
ite
>>> =A0up a fact sheet to hand to the police in such circumstances? It coul=
d
>>> =A0include some of the quotes from the Home Office.
>>
>> Roland, do you think all this hasn't been done already?
>
> Can you tell me where to find the current fact sheet - there are many
> railway photographers who would be quite keen to carry a copy.


There's the UK Photographers Rights sheet http://www.sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php

Most serious amateur photographers I know carry at least one copy in
their camera bag.

The BFP issue members with a laminated card with a summary of rights
http://www.thebfp.com/index.php?page=3D8&newsid=3D8

I'm not sure either help in practice.

Railway Photographers have special problems. If they are on stations
they are on private property and therefore have no general right to
take photographs. Railways have also been identified as likely
terrorist targets (not unreasonably - when you consider how many
people Railtrack can kill by sheer incompetence a few men with big
spanners could probably cause real mayhem). So if you take photographs
of railway infrastructure with a big black camera and even worse if
it's on a tripod then the boys in blue will be along. (tip to
terrorists - use a little silver camera).

John Wilson