[Leica] Please take action to protect photographers' rights in the UK.

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I have faith the photographers of the UK with take to the streets as we do
here when something mindless like this comes around and give the dummies in
the government a reason to start seeing straight.
They decided when I got there photography was illegal in the subways. (NYC)
In a week we had hundreds of photographers down there doing a demonstration;
shooting pictures of everything.
They said "nevermind".


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Neil Beddoe <nb at lightandcolour.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:53:30 +0100
> To: "lug at leica-users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Please take action to protect photographers' rights in the
> UK.
> 
> 
> The 2000 Terrorism Act gives police sweeping powers of investigation
> and arrest in the belief that such measures will help to contain
> terrorism.  This exceptionally badly drafted and broad-ranging piece
> of legislation allows police to prevent photography in public places
> and to arrest anyone they suspect of using photography for the
> purposes of perpetrating terrorism no matter how scant the evidence.
> These powers have been widely abused and have led to the arrest and
> detention of professional and amateur photographers for nothing more
> than photography in a public place.  The British Journal of
> Photography has launched a campaign to highlight the problem and to
> help to force change.
> 
> If you are a photographer in the UK or ever visit here and take
> photographs, your liberty could be at risk for pursuing your hobby or
> profession.  Please visit
> http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865556
>   for details of the campaign.  If you subscribe to any other mailing
> list or newsgroup, please consider forwarding this message to them.
> 
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
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