[OSM-talk] talk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 104

[Ed Davies]

Nick Whitelegg schrieb:
 >> >> "No photography please sir"
 >> >> "Oh, I'm just taking a picture of the station sign"
 >> >> "You're not allowed to take pictures of South West Trains property
 >> >> without permission"
 >> >> "I'm standing on a public pavement, I think you're probably wrong"
 >> >> "You can call SWT Head Office to check if you like"
 > >
 > > This can't be serious can it? Getting done for taking photos of a
> > station??? Sounds like something from Cold War Russia....

Dirk-L?der Kreie
 > Over here in Germany I'd simply suggest to the person to read up about
 > "Panoramafreiheit" and leave him with a little smile on my face :)

UK copyright law seems to be the same:

   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_4.htm#mdiv62

Actually, freer as (according to the Google translation of the German
Wikipedia Panoramafreiheit article) the restrictions on its applicability
are quite tight - you can't stand on a ladder to look over an obstacle
for example in Germany whereas there seems to be no such restriction
in the UK.

However, copyright law might not be all that applies.

Ed.