On 1/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ed Davies</b> <<a href="mailto:osm@edavies.nildram.co.uk">osm@edavies.nildram.co.uk</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Nick Whitelegg schrieb:<br> >> >> "No photography please sir"<br> >> >> "Oh, I'm just taking a picture of the station sign"<br> >> >> "You're not allowed to take pictures of South West Trains property
<br> >> >> without permission"<br> >> >> "I'm standing on a public pavement, I think you're probably wrong"<br> >> >> "You can call SWT Head Office to check if you like"
<br> > ><br> > > This can't be serious can it? Getting done for taking photos of a<br>> > station??? Sounds like something from Cold War Russia....<br><br>Dirk-L?der Kreie<br> > Over here in Germany I'd simply suggest to the person to read up about
<br> > "Panoramafreiheit" and leave him with a little smile on my face :)<br><br>UK copyright law seems to be the same:<br><br> <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_4.htm#mdiv62">
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_4.htm#mdiv62</a><br><br>Actually, freer as (according to the Google translation of the German<br>Wikipedia Panoramafreiheit article) the restrictions on its applicability
<br>are quite tight - you can't stand on a ladder to look over an obstacle<br>for example in Germany whereas there seems to be no such restriction<br>in the UK.<br><br>However, copyright law might not be all that applies.
</blockquote><div><br>Yeah, there are one or two other things to take into account.<br>A good summary of the rights of a photographer in the UK can be found here:<br><a href="http://www.sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php">http://www.sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php
</a><br>its quite an interesting read.<br><br></div>But basically it suggests taking a photograph of a sculpture or artistic work which is a permanent fixture in a public place is permitted. Taking a photo of other works is, however, a breach of copyright, unless the work is merely incident in the photo, ie: you take a picture of your friend and there is something in the background.
<br><br>Oh, and taking pictures of bank notes is illegal without permission of the Bank of England/Scotland/Irish-bank whatever.<br><br>It's also illegal to take photos in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square if you're doing it for a commercial purpose. So OSM should be fine on that one!
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