And it’s yet more disgusting voyeurism!
http://underclassrising.net/ | 05.02.2009 14:04 | World
National Union of Journalists - “Media Event”.
New Scotland Yard, Broadway, Westminster, London SW1H, UK.
Monday 16 February 2009. 11am.
“NUJ, activists and BJP calls for photography rights event” - British Journal of Photography.
Monday 16th February 2009 is the enforcement date for Section 76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008. As the British Journal of Photography (BJP) wrote last month.
“The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest - and imprisonment - of anyone who takes pictures of officers ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.”
To read the full BJP article,
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=836675 So with that the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has teamed up with Mark Thomas (writer, broadcaster, comic and political activist), Chris Atkins (the BAFTA nominated director and writer of the feature film documentary Taking Liberties), Marc Vallée (Photojournalist and NUJ member - that’s me by the way), The British Journal of Photography and many more for a “media event” outside New Scotland Yard on Monday 16 February 2009 The plan is simple, turn up with your camera and exercise your democratic right to take a photograph in a public place.
More info about the background to this “media event” will be up on the NUJ website soon and on this Fackbook group.
See you on the 16th folks!
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http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=838048 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090058_en_1 http://www.markthomasinfo.com/ http://www.noliberties.com/ http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47417324089
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right to takepics
05.02.2009 22:51
digipic
If it is illegal to photograph a copper surely CCTV is illegal
07.02.2009 09:28
It's only a matter of time
Before people start realising
The rule of law is being destroyed
Indeed, all a camera peson needs to do, to defend themselves in a court is to photograph the same scene as a CCTV. If the Police do not seize the CCTV then the seizure of a persons camera is suspiciously partial.
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