Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob One of the major problems with this proposal is that it does not have to go through any legislative body. Under UK constitutional law a BYLAW (which is what this will be) can be signed off by the relevant Minister! Thanks for commenting. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) Web: www.gwpics.com On 31 Jan 2012, at 00:04, Bob Shaw wrote: > Gerry: > > Were there a Petition against this draconian proposal that would allow > Yank signatures to count, I would have already signed it! > > Rubbish Proclamation! > > Hopefully it will be shouted down > > If not in Commons and amongst the Lords, then on the streets. By the way; > where the hell is King Murdoch when we actually need him to throw his > (considerable) weight around about Freedom of the Press? Might improve > his decades of crap Karma if he did so. > > If someone were going to use such photos to do something evil, they would > have done by now. Pretty soon, illegal to shoot anything in front of any > Starbucks anywhere in the UK... > > Best Regards, Bob in Seattle > (where we are no strangers from cops giving us "The Look" when we shoot > around town?I guess that figure the crop will show their Badge Number, > eh?). > > > > Bob Shaw > rsphotoimages at comcast.net > > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Gerry Walden wrote: > >> I don't often write about political matters, in fact I don't think I have >> ever done so before but I think this is important. There is a proposed >> bylaw to make the taking of any photograph for any business purpose in >> Parliament Square or Trafalgar Square in London illegal unless you have >> written permission of the Mayor. This will not only seriously curtail the >> freedom of the press to make images of anything that happens in these two >> areas, be it riots or acts of kindness, but it will also stop stock >> photographers making legitimate images of iconic London landmarks such as >> the Houses of Parliament, the National gallery etc. >> >> It is a long held freedom in this country, and most other 'democratic' >> countries to make images whilst on public land, and this is a serious >> infringement of that right. It will also stop the legitimate freedom of >> the press to report incidents such as any protest camp, political rally >> etc. etc. >> >> I have held the belief for the whole of my life that I live in a free >> country - obviously I have been wrong! >> >> You can read a pdf of the proposed bylaw for Trafalgar Square at >> http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Trafalgar%20Square%20Byelaws%202012%20signed%2025Jan12.pdf >> and I would draw your attention to Byelaw 5(1)?. >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden LRPS >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) >> Web: www.gwpics.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information